Leontiniidae

Leontiniidae; Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Middle Miocene PreЄ Є 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†[1]; Ancylocoelus†; Colpodon†; Coquenia†; Elmerriggsia†; Gualta[2]†; Huilatherium†; Leontinia†; Martinmiguelia†; Scarrittia†; Taubatherium†;

Leontiniidae is an extinct family comprising eleven genera of notoungulate mammals known from the middle Eocene through middle Miocene 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.

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

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Leontiniidae Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Middle Miocene PreЄ Є 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†^[1] Ancylocoelus† Colpodon† Coquenia† Elmerriggsia† Gualta^[2]† Huilatherium† Leontinia† Martinmiguelia† Scarrittia† Taubatherium†