Prohegetotherium | |
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Prohegetotherium fossilized lower mandibles. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Notoungulata |
Family: | † Hegetotheriidae |
Subfamily: | † Hegetotheriinae |
Genus: | †
Prohegetotherium Ameghino 1897 |
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Prohegetotherium is an extinct genus of hegetotheriid notoungulates from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene ( Deseadan- Santacrucian in the SALMA classification) of the Agua de la Piedra, [1] Mariño & Sarmiento Formations of Argentina, the Petaca and Salla Formations of Bolivia, and Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay. [2] [3]
Prohegetotherium comprises three species, P. sculptum, P. schiaffinoi, and P. malalhuense. [2] Although Prohegetotherium shumwayi and P. crassus have long been synonymized with P. sculptum, Kramarz and Bond (2017) restricted P. sculptum to the holotype, rejecting the synonymy. [4]
Prohegetotherium | |
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Prohegetotherium fossilized lower mandibles. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Notoungulata |
Family: | † Hegetotheriidae |
Subfamily: | † Hegetotheriinae |
Genus: | †
Prohegetotherium Ameghino 1897 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Prohegetotherium is an extinct genus of hegetotheriid notoungulates from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene ( Deseadan- Santacrucian in the SALMA classification) of the Agua de la Piedra, [1] Mariño & Sarmiento Formations of Argentina, the Petaca and Salla Formations of Bolivia, and Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay. [2] [3]
Prohegetotherium comprises three species, P. sculptum, P. schiaffinoi, and P. malalhuense. [2] Although Prohegetotherium shumwayi and P. crassus have long been synonymized with P. sculptum, Kramarz and Bond (2017) restricted P. sculptum to the holotype, rejecting the synonymy. [4]