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Notostylopidae
Temporal range: Late Paleocene- Early Oligocene ( Riochican- Tinguirirican)
~58.7–28.4  Ma
Skull of Notostylops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Notioprogonia
Family: Notostylopidae
Ameghino 1897
Genera

Boreastylops
Chilestylops
Edvardotrouessartia
Homalostylops
Notostylops
Otrhonia

Notostylopidae is an extinct family comprising five genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Late Paleocene ( Riochican) to Early Oligocene ( Tinguirirican) of Argentina, Brazil and Chile in South America [1]

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