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Archaeotypotherium

Archaeotypotherium is an extinct genus of notoungulate belonging to the family Archaeohyracidae that lived during the Oligocene of Argentina and Chile. It was first described in 1903 by the Argentine paleontologist Santiago Roth.

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Archaeotypotherium
Temporal range: Oligocene (Tinguirirican-Deseadan)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Archaeohyracidae
Genus: †Archaeotypotherium
Roth 1903
Type species
†Archaeotypotherium transitum
Roth, 1903
Species
  • A. pattersoni Croft et al 2003
  • A. tinguiriricaense Croft et al 2003
  • A. transitum Roth 1903

Archaeotypotherium is an extinct genus of notoungulate belonging to the family Archaeohyracidae that lived during the Oligocene of Argentina and Chile.1 It was first described in 1903 by the Argentine paleontologist Santiago Roth.2

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References

  1. Castillo Cornejo, Juan (2007). Mago Editores (ed.). Megabestias en Chile y otros vertebrados del Cenozoico. ISBN 978-956-8249-95-3.
  2. Roth S. (1903) Noticias preliminares sobre nuevos mamíferos fósiles del Cretáceo superior y Terciario inferior de la Patagonia. Revista del Museo de La Plata 11: 133-158