Orthoarthrus mixtus Ameghino 1904 (edentate)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Belongs to Orthoarthrus according to F. Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 69-IX-5-16, a limb element (left astragalus). Its type locality is Santa Cruz Formation, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Cruz Formation

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