Brachytherium

Brachytherium; Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Chasicoan-Chapadmalalan); ~10.0–3.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Litopterna
Family:	†Proterotheriidae
Genus:	†Brachytherium; Ameghino, 1883
Type species
	†Brachytherium cuspidatum; Ameghino, 1883
Synonyms
	Proterotherium gradatum; Ameghino, 1891; Brachytherium gradatum; (Ameghino, 1891) Ameghino, 1904; Lophogonodon gradatum; (Ameghino, 1891) Soria, 2001; Lophogonodon paranensis; Ameghino, 1904; Epitherium paranensis; (Ameghino, 1904) Delupi de Bianchini & Bianchini, 1971; Licaphrium mesopotamiense; Delupi de Bianchini & Bianchini, 1971;

Brachytherium is an extinct genus of proterotheriid mammal from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of Argentina. It is represented by the type and only species B. cuspidatum, a taxon named in 1883 by Ameghino for a partial mandible with teeth. Though it was considered a dubious taxon at times, Brachytherium was revised as valid by Schmidt in 2015, who also synonymized the species Proterotherium gradatum and Lophogonodon paranensis, expanding the material known, all of which is from the Ituzaingó Formation. Some material previously referred to Brachytherium has been given the new name Neobrachytherium.^[1]

References

^ Schmidt, G.E. (2015). "Actualización sistemática y filogenia de los proterotheriidae (Mammalia, litopterna) del "Mesopotamiense" (mioceno tardío) de Entre Ríos, Argentina". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 18 (3): 521–546. doi:10.4072/rbp.2015.3.14.

[schmidt2015-1] Schmidt, G.E. (2015). "Actualización sistemática y filogenia de los proterotheriidae (Mammalia, litopterna) del "Mesopotamiense" (mioceno tardío) de Entre Ríos, Argentina". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 18 (3): 521–546. doi:10.4072/rbp.2015.3.14.

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