†Proheptaconus patagonicus Ameghino 1904 (placental)
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Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Adianthidae
Alternative combination: Adianthus patagonicus
Synonyms: Proheptaconus trelewense Bordas 1939, Proheptaconus trelewensis Bordas 1939
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 Proheptaconus according to R. L. Cifelli and M. F. Soria 1983
See also Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Proheptaconus patagonicus: MACN A52-218, a tooth (left M3)
- Proheptaconus trelewense: MACN 11453, a skull (poorly preserved skull with endocast and with broken left P4-M1 and right M1 and M3). Its type locality is Southern Cliff of lower Chubut River Valley, near Gaiman, which is in a Colhuehuapian paralic mudstone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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