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Prohegetotherium sculptum
Taxonomy
Prohegetotherium sculptum was named by Ameghino (1897). Its type specimen is MACN A 52-443, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deseadan of Patagonia, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Prohegetotherium.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Prohegetotherium sculptum Ameghino p. 424 fig. 10 |
| 1914 | Prohegetotherium shumwayi Loomis pp. 64-65 fig. 29 |
| 1986 | Prohegetotherium sculptum Marshall et al. |
| 2005 | Prohegetotherium sculptum Reguero and Cerdeño |
| 2017 | Prohegetotherium sculptum Kramarz and Bond |
| 2017 | Prohegetotherium sculptum Seoane et al. |
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†Prohegetotherium sculptum Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Prohegetotherium shumwayi Loomis 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. A. Reguero and E. Cerdeño 2005 | A species of Prohegetotherium larger
than P. schiaffinoi and similar in size to H. mirabile. Dentition complete and closed. Lower incisors (i2-i3) and canine not re- duced. Symphysis more robust than P. schiaffinoi and S. alti- planense, with posterior end at the level of p3. Talonid of m3 longer than in P. schiaffinoi, but shorter than in S. altiplanense |