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, Mariño & Sarmiento Formations of Argentina, the Petaca and Salla Formations of Bolivia, and Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay.

Taxonomy

Prohegetotherium comprises three species, P. sculptum, P. schiaffinoi, and P. malalhuense. 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.

Prohegetotherium

See also

Ethegotherium

References

Typotheres

Miocene mammals of South America

Oligocene mammals of South America

Santacrucian

Colhuehuapian

Deseadan

Neogene Argentina

Paleogene Argentina

Fossils of Argentina

Paleogene Bolivia

Fossils of Bolivia

Paleogene Uruguay

Fossils of Uruguay

Fossil taxa described in 1897

Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino

Prehistoric placental genera

Golfo San Jorge Basin

Sarmiento Formation

Prohegetotherium