Jamilcotatus boreios Aranda-Manteca and Barnes 1998 (desmostylian)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: F. -J. Aranda-Manteca and L. G. Barnes. 1998. Jamilcotatus kumiaica, a new genus and species of middle Miocene desmostylian. Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia VI:4-5

Belongs to Jamilcotatus according to F. -J. Aranda-Manteca and L. G. Barnes 1998

See also Friedman 1998

Sister taxon: Jamilcotatus kumiaica

Type specimen: no number listed, a partial skull (partial braincase and two vertebrae). Its type locality is Santa Cruz Island, Monterey Formation, which is in a Serravallian marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology: amphibious herbivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Cruz Island, Monterey Formation

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