Hegetotheriidae

Hegetotheriidae
Temporal range:
Prosotherium garzoni (=Propachyrucos ameghinorum).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Suborder: †Typotheria
Family: †
Ameghino, 1894
Subfamilies and genera

†Hegetotheriinae

  • †Ethegotherium
  • †Hegetotherium
  • †Hemihegetotherium
  • †Prohegetotherium
  • †Pseudohegetotherium

†Pachyrukhinae

  • †Medistylus
  • †Propachyrucos
  • †Prosotherium
    • Pachyrukhini
      • †Pachyrukhos
      • †Paedotherium
      • †Tremacyllus

Hegetotheriidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Oligocene through the Pliocene of South America.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Hegetotheriidae". fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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