†family Protypotheriidae (notoungulate)
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Protypotheriidae
Alternative spelling: Protypotheridae
Parent taxon: Typotheria according to H. Gadow 1898
See also Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897 and Gregory 1910
Sister taxa: Campanorcidae, Eutrachytheriidae, Griphotherion, Hegetotheriidae, Hemihegetotheriidae, Interatheriidae, Mesotheriidae, Typotheriidae, Typotherioidea
Subtaxa: Archaeophylus Caenophilus Phanophilus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
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