Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Alternative spelling: Oxyodontotherium
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5(3):55-104
Parent taxon: Macraucheniinae according to G. I. Schmidt and B. S. Ferrero 2014
See also Ameghino 1891, Lydekker 1894 and Rusconi 1934
Sister taxa: Cullinia, Huayqueriana, Macrauchenia, Macraucheniopsis, Paranauchenia, Phoenixauchenia, Promacrauchenia, Scalabrinitherium, Windhausenia, Xenorhinotherium
Subtaxa: Oxyodontherium piramydatus Oxyodontherium zeballozi Oxyodontotherium angustidens
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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