Henricosbornia lophodonta Ameghino 1901 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Henricosborniidae

Synonyms: Hemistylops incompletus Ameghino 1901, Hemistylops paucicuspidatus Ameghino 1904, Hemistylops trigonostyloides Ameghino 1904, Henricosbornia alouatina Ameghino 1904, Henricosbornia subconica Ameghino 1904, Henricosbornia waitehor Simpson 1935, Microstylops clarus Ameghino 1901, Microstylops monoconus Ameghino 1904, Pantostylops completus Ameghino 1902, Pantostylops incompletus Ameghino 1901, Pantostylops typus Ameghino 1901, Peripantostylops orehor Simpson 1935, Polystylops progrediens Ameghino 1904, Prohyracotherium matutinum Ameghino 1902, Prohyracotherium patagonicum Ameghino 1902, Selenoconus centralis Ameghino 1901, Selenoconus senex Ameghino 1901, Selenoconus spiculatus Ameghino 1902

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Belongs to Henricosbornia according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902, Ameghino 1904, Simpson 1935 and Vera and Krause 2020

Sister taxa: Henricosbornia ampla, Henricosbornia minuta

Type specimens:

  • Henricosbornia lophodonta: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina
  • Hemistylops paucicuspidatus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Hemistylops trigonostyloides: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Henricosbornia alouatina: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Henricosbornia subconica: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Henricosbornia waitehor: Amer. Mus. No. 28530, a mandible (part of left lower jaw with M1-2 and part of M3). Its type locality is Cañadón Hondo, Kibenikhoria Faunal Zone, which is in a Riochican alluvial fan sandstone in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.
  • Microstylops clarus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Microstylops monoconus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Pantostylops completus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Pantostylops incompletus: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Pantostylops typus: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Peripantostylops orehor: Amer. Mus. No. 28526, a maxilla (part of left maxilla with M2). Its type locality is Cañadón Hondo, Kibenikhoria Faunal Zone, which is in a Riochican alluvial fan sandstone in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.
  • Polystylops progrediens: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Prohyracotherium matutinum: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Prohyracotherium patagonicum: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Selenoconus centralis: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Selenoconus senex: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Selenoconus spiculatus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (12 collections)

• Paleocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 14 collections including 30 occurrences

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