Pyrotheriidae

Pyrotheriidae is the only family in the order Pyrotheria, provided one does not include the Paleocene genus, Carodnia. These extinct, mastodon-like ungulates include the genera Baguatherium, Carolozittelia, Gryphodon, Propyrotherium, and Pyrotherium.[1] Fossils of the family have been found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.

Pyrotheriidae
Temporal range: Mid Eocene-Early Oligocene (Casamayoran-Tinguirirican)
~48–28.4 Ma
The Pyrotheriidae Pyrotherium romeroi with Rhynchippus equinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Pyrotheria
Family: †Pyrotheriidae
Ameghino 1889
Genera
  • †Pyrotherium
  • †Propyrotherium
  • †Carlozittelia
  • †Gryphodon
  • †Baguatherium

References
  1. Salas, R.; Sánchez, J. & Chacaltana, C. (2006). "A new pre-Deseadan pyrothere (Mammalia) from northern Peru and the wear facets of molariform teeth of Pyrotheria". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 760–769. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[760:ANPPMF]2.0.CO;2.

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