†order Astrapotheria Lydekker 1894 (placental)

Mammalia - Astrapotheria

Synonyms: Astrapotherioidea Ameghino 1894, Astrapotheroidea Ameghino 1894

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1894. Contributions to a knowledge of the Fossil Vertebrates of Argentina. III - A study of extinct argentine ungulates. Anales del Museo de La Plata. PaleontologĂ­a Argentina 2(3):1-86

Parent taxon: Sudamericungulata according to L. S. Avilla and D. Mothé 2021

See also Ameghino 1894, Carroll 1988, Gregory 1910, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1934

Sister taxa: Notoungulata, Pyrotheria, Xenungulata

Subtaxa: Adelotherium Adrastotherium Antarctodon Astrapotheriidae Blastoconus Blastoconus robertsoni Entocasmus Eoastrapostylopidae Grypolophodon Grypolophodon morenoi Grypolophodon tuberculosis Notorhinus Notorhinus haroldi Trigonostylopidae

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (3 collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Brazil (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (33), Bolivia (3), Brazil (2), Chile (8), Colombia (45), Ecuador (1), Peru (6), Venezuela (2)

• Deseadan of Argentina (9), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Uruguay (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Chile (1), Colombia (1), Peru (4)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (4), Argentina (39), Brazil (3)

• Paleocene of Argentina (4)

Total: 176 collections including 251 occurrences

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