Interatherium

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
Ameghino, 1887
Species
  • I. anguliferum
  • I. brevifrons
  • I. dentatum
  • I. interruptum
  • I. rodens
  • I. supernum
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-Cura 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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