Campanorco is an extinct genus of notoungulate mammal from the Middle Eocene Lumbrera Formation, Argentina, South America and the only member of the family Campanorcidae.[1] It contains only a single species, Campanorco inauguralis.

Campanorco
Temporal range: Mid Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan)
~48.6–37.2 Ma
Skull of Campanorco inauguralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Typotheria
Family: Campanorcidae
Bond et al., 1984
Genus: Campanorco
Bond et al., 1984
Species:
C. inauguralis
Binomial name
Campanorco inauguralis
Bond et al., 1984

References

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  1. ^ McKenna and Bell, 1997

Bibliography

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  • 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