Metopotherium Ameghino 1891 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

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: Metopotherini according to F. Ameghino 1894

See also Ameghino 1891

Sister taxa: Adiastemus, Uranokyrtus

Subtaxa: Metopotherium splendens

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Type: Metopotherium splendens

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metopotherium in the database

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