Leontiniidae

Leontiniidae; Temporal range: Middle Eocene-Late Miocene; (Mustersan-Huayquerian); ~48.6–7.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Leontinia gaudryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Suborder:	†Toxodonta
Family:	†Leontiniidae; Ameghino 1895
Genera
	Anayatherium Shockey 2005; Ancylocoelus Ameghino 1895; Colpodon Burmeister 1885; Coquenia Deraco et al. 2008; Elmerriggsia Shockey et al. 2012; Gualta Cerdeño & Vera 2015; Henricofilholia Ameghino 1901; Huilatherium Villarroel & Guerrero Diaz 1985; Leontinia Ameghino 1895; Martinmiguelia Bond & López 1995; Purperia Paula Couto 1982; Scarrittia Simpson 1934; Taubatherium Soria & Alvarenga 1989; Termastherium Wyss et al. 2018;

Leontiniidae is an extinct family comprising eleven genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Middle Eocene (Mustersan) to Late Miocene (Huayquerian) of South America (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

References

^ Bruce J. Shockey. New leontinids (Class Mammalia, order Notoungulata, family Leontiniidae) from the Salla beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, Late Oligocene). Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. Hist. (2005) 45(4): 249-260
^ Esperanza Cerdeño and Bárbara Vera (2014). "A new Leontiniidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene beds of Mendoza Province, Argentina". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.982727.

M. V. Deraco, J. E. Powell, and G. Lopez. 2008. Primer leontínido (Mammalia, Notoungulata) de la Formación Lumbrera (Subgrupo Santa Bárbara, Grupo Salta-Paleógeno) del noroeste argentino. Ameghiniana 45(1):83-91
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
B. J. Shockey, J. J. Flynn, D. A. Croft, P. Gans, and A. R. Wyss. 2012. New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina: comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses. American Museum Novitates 3737:1-64
A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, and D. A. Croft. 2018. New Paleogene Notohippids and Leontiniids (Toxodontia; Notoungulata; Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna of the Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3903:1-42

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