Hegetotheriidae

Hegetotheriidae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Pleistocene
Propachyrucos ameghinorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Hegetotheria
Family: Hegetotheriidae
Ameghino, 1894
Subfamilies and Genera

†Hegetotheriinae

  • Ethegotherium
  • Hegetotherium
  • Hemihegetotherium
  • Prohegetotherium
  • Pseudohegetotherium

†Pachyrukhinae

  • Pachyrukhos
  • Paedotherium
  • Propachyrucos
  • Prosotherium
  • Raulringueletia
  • Tremacyllus

Hegetotheriidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Eocene through the Pleistocene of South America.[1][2]

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
  2. "Fossilworks: Hegetotheriidae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-04-23.


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