Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Parent taxon: Notoungulata according to G. G. Simpson 1970
See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901, Carroll 1988 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: Albertogaudryidae, Allalmeia, Archaeogaia, Archaeopithecidae, Archaeoplus, Archaeotypotherium transitum, Brandmayria, Carolodarwinia, Carolodarwinia pyramidentata, Claenodon patagonicus, Degonia sympathica, Edvardocopeia, Edvardocopeia sinuosa, Entelonychia, Epitypotherium cancellatum, Eudiastatus, Eurystephanodon, Hegetotheria, Henricosborniidae, Heterolophodon, Homalodotheria, Isotypotherium, Lophiodonticulus, Lophiodonticulus patagonicus, Lophiodonticulus retroversus, Notioprogonia, Notopithecidae, Notopithecus summus, Notostylopidae, Oldfieldthomasiidae, Orthogenium ameghinoi, Ortholophodon, Pleurystylops, Pleurystylops glebosus, Procolpodon, Procolpodon foratus, Pyramidon, Pyramidon klaatschi, Tonostylops, Tonostylops spissus, Toxodontia, Trimerostephanos ultimus, Typotheria, Typotheroidea, Ultrapithecus robustus
Subtaxa: Acoelodus debilitatus Acoelodus oppositus Acoelodus proclivus Acoelodus terminalis
Type: Acoelodus oppositus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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