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(Redirected from Notopithecinae) Extinct family of mammals

Interatheriidae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene-Early Pleistocene
(Mustersan-Uquian)
~48–1.8 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeleton of Interatherium rodens in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Typotheria
Family: Interatheriidae
Ameghino 1887
Subfamilies and genera

Interatheriidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals from South America. Interatheriids are known from the Middle Eocene (Mustersan) to the Early Pleistocene (Uquian). These animals were principally small-sized, occupying a habitat like hares, marmots and viscachas. The majority were very small, like rodents.

Interatheriidae is one of the mammal groups that best represent the fauna from the Santa Cruz Formation. Particularly Protypotherium with three species is characteristic of the formation: P. australe, P. praerutilum and P. attenuatum. Another well-known genus is Interatherium, particularly well represented by I. robustum.

References

  1. McKenna & Bell, 1997
  2. Linares, 2004
  3. Carrillo-Briceño, J.; Sánchez, R (23 April 2021). "A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 140 (1): 9. doi:10.1186/s13358-020-00216-6. PMC 8550326. PMID 34721281.

Bibliography

Further reading

  • C. Villarroel and L. G. Marshall. 1989. A new fossil land mammal locality of late Miocene (Huayquerian) age from Muyu Huasi, southcentral Bolivia. Boletin del Servicio Geológico de Bolivia, Serie A IV(1):27-40
Genera of South American native ungulates
Xenungulata, Pyrotheria, Astrapotheria, and other minor groups
Kollpaniidae?
Didolodontidae
Protolipternidae
Xenungulata
Carodniidae
Pyrotheria
Colombitheriidae
Pyrotheriidae
Astrapotheria
Trigonostylopidae
Astrapotheriidae
Albertogaudryinae
Astrapotheriinae
Uruguaytheriinae
Carodnia vieirai

Pyrotherium romeroi

Astrapotherium magnum
Litopterna
Eulitopterna
Adianthidae
Macraucheniidae
Cramaucheniinae
Macraucheniinae
Proterotherioidea
Anisolambdidae
Anisolambdinae
Sparnotheriodontinae
Proterotheriidae
Megadolodinae
Proterotheriinae
Notopterna
Amilnedwardsiidae
Indaleciidae
Notonychopidae
Incertae sedis
Theosodon garretorum Xenorhinotherium bahiense
Notoungulata
incertae sedis
Notioprogonia
Henricosborniidae
Notostylopidae
Toxodontia
Homalodotheriidae
Isotemnidae
Eutoxodontia
Leontiniidae
Notohippidae
Toxodontidae
Nesodontinae
Toxodontinae
Typotheria
Archaeopithecidae
Oldfieldthomasiidae
Interatheriidae
Interatheriinae
Notopithecinae
Mesotheriidae
Mesotheriinae
Archaeohyracidae
Hegetotheriidae
Hegetotheriinae
Pachyrukhinae
Pachyrukhini
Thomashuxleya rostrata

Huilatherium pluriplicatum

Toxodon platensis
Taxon identifiers
Interatheriidae


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