Genus: Trapalcotherium ROUGIER, CHORNOGUBSKY, CASADIO, ARANGO & GIALLOMBARDO,
2008
Etymology: In reference to Bajo Trapalco, Rio Negro Province, Patagonia,
Argentina, the basin where the Cerro Tortuga
locality is located, and Greek, therium, "beast," commonly used in taxonomy
as a suffix meaing mammal.
Species: matuastensis ROUGIER, CHORNOGUBSKY, CASADIO, ARANGO & GIALLOMBARDO,
2008
Etymology: In reference to Puesto El Matuasto, a herder's shed facilitated
by the Cabaza family for the use of the expedition while prospecting at the
Cerro
Tortuga locality.
Holotype: MML-Pb 16
Locality: Microvertebrate layer, Cerro Tortuga, Rio Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina.
Horizon: 38 meters below the top of the Allen Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Left m1.