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Interatherium[1]
Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Santacrucian-Mayoan)
~17.5–11.608 Ma
Skeleton of Interatherium excavatus in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
†Notoungulata
Suborder:
†Typotheria
Family:
†Interatheriidae
Genus:
†Interatherium

Species
  • I. anguliferum Ameghino 1894
  • I. brevifrons Ameghino 1894
  • I. dentatum Ameghino 1894
  • I. interruptum Ameghino 1894
  • I. rodens (Moreno 1882)
  • I. supernum Ameghino 1894
Synonyms
  • Tembotherium Moreno 1882
Life restoration of Prothylacinus patagonicus and Interatherium robustum

Interatherium is an extinct genus of Interatheriidae from the Early to Middle Miocene (Santacrucian-Mayoan). Fossils have been found in the Santa Cruz, Collón Curá and Sarmiento Formations in Argentina.[2]

References

  1. ^ McKenna & Bell, 1997, p. 463.
  2. ^ Interatherium at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

  • 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

  • Bibliography Of Fossil Vertebrates 1934-1938 by C. I. Camp


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