Punapithecus minor López and Bond 1995 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Full reference: G. M. López and M. Bond. 1995. Un nuevo Notopithecinae (Notoungulata, Typotheria) del Terciario Inferior de la Puna, Argentina. Studia Geológica Salmanticensia 31:87-99

Belongs to Punapithecus according to D. A. García López and M. J. Babot 2015

See also López and Bond 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 86-V-6-5, partial maxilla bearing P1-M3, a maxilla. Its type locality is Antofagasta de la Sierra, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Geste Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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