Notostylopidae

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Notostylopidae
Skull of Notostylops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Notioprogonia
Family: Notostylopidae
Ameghino 1897
Genera

Boreastylops
Chilestylops
Edvardotrouessartia
Homalostylops
Notostylops
Otrhonia

Notostylopidae is an extinct family comprising five genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Late Paleocene (Riochican) to Early Oligocene (Tinguirirican) of Argentina, Brazil and Chile in 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