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Prosotherium
Extinct genus of notoungulates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prosotherium is an extinct genus of late Oligocene hegetotheriid notoungulate. It has been found in two Argentinian fossil formations, ie, the Sarmiento Formation in Chubut Province, and the Agua de la Piedra Formation in Mendoza Province.[1][2]
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Prosotherium garzoni (=Propachyrucos ameghinorum). Collected from Chubut province, Argentina. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Family: | †Hegetotheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Pachyrukhinae |
Genus: | †Prosotherium Ameghino, 1897 |
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†Prosotherium garzoni Ameghino, 1897 | |
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