Scalabrinitherium rothii Ameghino 1885 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Synonym: Macrauchenia media Burmeister 1885

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8:1-205

Belongs to Scalabrinitherium according to F. Ameghino 1885

See also Ameghino 1889

Sister taxa: Scalabrinia paranaensis, Scalabrinitherium bravardi

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)

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