Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Full reference: A. Corona, A. C. Badin, D. Perea, M. Ubilla, and G. I. Schmidt. 2020. A new genus and species and additional reports of the native South American ungulates Proterotheriidae (Mammalia, Litopterna) in the Late Miocene of Uruguay. Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Belongs to Pseudobrachytherium according to A. Corona et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FC-DPV 2570, a skull (almost complete cranium with incisors and both right and left P1-M3 series preserved). Its type locality is Puerto Arazatí (Camacho Fm), which is in a Miocene terrestrial claystone in the Camacho Formation of Uruguay.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Puerto Arazatí (Camacho Fm)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.