Tetramerorhinus Ameghino 1894 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13:259-452

Parent taxon: Proterotheriidae according to A. G. Kramarz et al. 2010

See also Kramarz and Bond 2005

Sister taxa: Anisolambda, Anisolambda nodulosa, Anisolambdinae, Anisolophus, Brachytherini, Caliphrium, Deuterotherium, Diplasiotherium, Eoauchenia, Eoproterotherium, Eoprotherotherium, Epecuenia, Guilielmofloweria, Heteroglyphis, Lambdaconus, Licaphrops, Lophogododon, Megadolodinae, Mesolicaphrium, Neodolodus, Neolicaphrium, Olisanophus, Paramacrauchenia, Phoradiadius, Picturotherium, Polyacrodon, Prolicaphrium, Promylophis, Proterotheriinae, Proterotherini, Prothoatherium, Ricardolydekkeria, Thoatherium, Villarroelia, Xesmodon

Subtaxa: Tetramerorhinus cingulatum Tetramerorhinus fleaglei Tetramerorhinus fortis Tetramerorhinus lucarius Tetramerorhinus prosistens

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (19 collections), Peru (1)

Total: 20 collections including 28 occurrences

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