Biology:Lambdaconus

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Short description: Extinct genus of litopterns

Lambdaconus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan-Colhuehuapian)
~29.0–17.5 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Family: Proterotheriidae
Subfamily: Proterotheriinae
Genus: Lambdaconus
Ameghino, 1897
Type species
Lambdaconus suinus
Ameghino, 1897
Other species
  • Lambdaconus lacerum (Ameghino, 1902)
  • Lambdaconus inaequifacies (Ameghino, 1904)
Synonyms

Lambdaconus is a genus of proterotheriid from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene of Argentina . The type species is L. suinus, named in 1897 by Ameghino, with referred species including L. lacerum, named as Proterotherium lacerum in 1902 by Ameghino, and L. inaqeuifacies.[1]

References

  1. Kramarz, A.G.; Bond, M. (2005). "Los Litopterna (Mammalia) de la Formación Pinturas, Mioceno Temprano-Medio de Patagonia". Ameghiniana 42 (3): 611–625. 

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