Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. Descriptions of the oldest known South American mammals, from the Rio Chico Formation. American Museum Novitates 793:1-25
Belongs to Isotemnus according to G. G. Simpson 1967
See also Simpson 1935
Sister taxa: Isotemnus colhuehuapiensis, Isotemnus haugi, Isotemnus latidens, Isotemnus primitivus, Prostylops typus
Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 28568, a mandible (part of right lower jaw with M1-4). Its type locality is Cañadón Hondo, Kibenikhoria Faunal Zone, which is in a Riochican alluvial fan sandstone in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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