Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914

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Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914

Lectotype – Incomplete skeleton constituted by an incomplete skull, pelvis, proximal and distal portions of the left femur, distal portion of the right tibiotarsus, proximal and distal portions of the right tarsometatarsus, foot and ungual phalanges of the left foot (almost complete) and fragments of the phalanges of the right foot (MACN-8225), designated by Patterson & Kraglievich (1960).

abovementioned genera. The hypotarsus is laterally and distally expanded, covering the proximal foramina when viewed from below ( Fig. 29C ).

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FIGURE 29. Proximal end of the right tarsometatarsus, plantar view, showing the variation of the hipotarsus in the three genera of the Psilopterinae: A - Procariama simplex; B - Psilopterus lemoinei and C - Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis.