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Prostegotherium
Taxonomy
Prostegotherium was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type is Prostegotherium notostylopianum.
It was assigned to Stegotheriidae by Ameghino (1902); to Dasypodidae by Simpson (1948) and Carroll (1988); and to Stegotheriini by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Stegotheriidae by Ameghino (1902); to Dasypodidae by Simpson (1948) and Carroll (1988); and to Stegotheriini by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
P. astrifer, P. notostylopianum (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1902 | Prostegotherium Ameghino p. 69 |
1948 | Prostegotherium Simpson |
1988 | Prostegotherium Carroll |
1997 | Prostegotherium McKenna and Bell p. 83 |
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G. †Prostegotherium Ameghino 1902
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†Prostegotherium astrifer Ameghino 1902
†Prostegotherium notostylopianum Ameghino 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available