Isotemnidae
Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Middle Miocene
(Itaboraian-Laventan)
~59.0–11.8 Ma
Thomashuxleya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Suborder: †Toxodontia
Family: †Isotemnidae
Ameghino 1897
Genera

†Anisotemnus
†Coelostylodon
†Distylophorus
†Hedralophus
†Isotemnus
†Lophocoelus
†Pampatemnus
†Periphragnis
†Pleurocoelodon
†Pleurostylodon
†Rhyphodon
†Thomashuxleya

Isotemnidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene (Las Flores Formation, Itaboraian) to Middle Miocene (Honda Group, Laventan) of South America.[1]

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

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