Diplotremus Ameghino 1889 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Oreodontidae according to F. Ameghino 1889

Sister taxa: Aclistomycterinae, Brachycrurinae, Eporeodontinae, Leptaucheniinae, Merychyinae, Merychyus pariogonus, Merycochoerinae, Merycoidodontinae, Miniochoerinae, Oreonetinae, Phenacocoelinae, Promerycochoerinae, Ticholeptinae, Ustatochoerinae

Subtaxa: Diplotremus agrestis

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Type: Diplotremus agrestis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Diplotremus in the database

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