Coscinocercus marcalaini Cabrera 1939 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata

Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1939. Sobre Vertebrados Fósiles del Plioceno de Adolfo Alsina. Revista del Museo de La Plata 2(6):3-35

Belongs to Coscinocercus according to A. Cabrera 1939

Sister taxon: Coscinocercus brachyurus

Type specimen: MLP 37-III-7-3, a maxilla (Parle de maxilar izquierdo con los tres úllimos dientes, tubo caudalligeramenle incomplelo cerca del ápice, partes de los cuatro anillos caudales, y fragmentos ). Its type locality is Robilotte field - SE of Epecuén lagoon & E of Laguna de Epecuén, which is in a Huayquerian terrestrial siltstone/siltstone in the Epecuén Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Huayquerian of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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