Archaeotypotherium Temporal range: Oligocene (Tinguirirican-Deseadan) ~29–28.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Family: | †Archaeohyracidae |
Genus: | †Archaeotypotherium Roth 1903 |
Type species | |
†Archaeotypotherium transitum Roth, 1903 | |
Species | |
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Archaeotypotherium is an extinct genus of notoungulate belonging to the family Archaeohyracidae that lived during the Oligocene of Argentina and Chile. It was first described in 1903 by the Argentine paleontologist Santiago Roth.
References
- Castillo Cornejo, Juan (2007). Mago Editores (ed.). Megabestias en Chile y otros vertebrados del Cenozoico. ISBN 978-956-8249-95-3.
- Roth S. (1903) Noticias preliminares sobre nuevos mamíferos fósiles del Cretáceo superior y Terciario inferior de la Patagonia. Revista del Museo de La Plata 11: 133-158
Taxon identifiers | |
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Archaeotypotherium |
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