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Peltephilus depressus Ameghino 1897 (edentate)

Mammalia - Placentalia - Peltephilidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 188033

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Belongs to Peltephilus according to F. Ameghino 1897

Sister taxa: Peltephilus ferox, Peltephilus giganteus, Peltephilus grandis, Peltephilus granosus, Peltephilus nanus, Peltephilus protervus, Peltephilus pumilus, Peltephilus rarus, Peltephilus strepens, Peltephilus undulatus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore