Proeutatus Ameghino 1891 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Parent taxon: Chlamyphoridae according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022

See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Carlini et al. 2010, Kramarz et al. 2010 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Chlamyphorinae, Prozaedyus, Stenotatus

Subtaxa: Proeutatus oenophorum Proeutatus postpuntum Proeutatus robustus

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Type: Eutatus oenophorum

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (32 collections), Chile (2)

Total: 34 collections including 45 occurrences

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