Sallatherium altiplanense Reguero and Cerdeño 2005 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae

Full reference: M. A. Reguero and E. Cerdeño. 2005. New late Oligocene Hegetotheriidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from Salla, Bolivia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):674-684

Belongs to Sallatherium according to M. A. Reguero and E. Cerdeño 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UF 91621, a partial skull (partial skull with right and left com- plete upper dental series I1-M3, and associated incomplete man- dible with right i1-3, p1-m3 and left i1-3, p1-m2). Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Bolivia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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