Isotemnidae
Extinct family of mammals
Isotemnidae Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Middle Miocene (Itaboraian-Laventan) ~59.0–11.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Suborder: | †Toxodontia |
Family: | †Isotemnidae Ameghino 1897 |
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†Anisotemnus |
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
- ^ 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
Further reading
- Goin, F. J.; A.M. Candela; M.A. Abello, and E.V. Oliveira. 2009. Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of ‘pseudodiprotodont’ marsupial radiations. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155. 867–884. Accessed 2019-02-15.
- M. McKenna. 1956. Survival of primitive Notoungulates and Condylarths into the Miocene of Colombia. American Journal of Science 254:736-743
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Genera of South American native ungulates
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
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