Prohegetotherium

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 Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan-Santacrucian) ~29–16.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Prohegetotherium fossilized lower mandibles.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Family:	†Hegetotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Hegetotheriinae
Genus:	†Prohegetotherium Ameghino 1897
Species
P. sculptum Ameghino 1897 (type)
Synonyms
Ethegotherium? Minoprio, 1947

Taxonomy

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]

See also

• Ethegotherium