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
Belongs to Calchaquitherium according to N. L. Nasif et al. 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PVL 4794, a mandible (Nearly complete mandible with left and right i1–i3 and p1–m3; left I1 and right M3 of an adult individual.). Its type locality is El Cajón Valley, which is in a Huayquerian floodplain sandstone/siltstone in the El Morterito Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at El Cajón Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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