Calchaquitherium Nasif et al. 2000 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Full reference: N. L. Nasif, S. Musalem, and E. Cerdeño. 2000. A new toxodont from the late Miocene of Catamarca, Argentina, and a phylogenetic analysis of the Toxodontidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):591-600

Parent taxon: Toxodontinae according to N. L. Nasif et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Andinotoxodon, Eutomodus, Falcontoxodon, Hoffstetterius, Mesenodon, Minitoxodon, Neotoxodon, Nonotherium, Piauhytherium

Subtaxa: Calchaquitherium mixtum

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Type: Calchaquitherium mixtum

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at El Cajón Valley ( of Argentina)

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