Isotemnidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene (Las Flores Formation, Itaboraian) to Middle Miocene (Honda Group, Laventan) of South America.[1]

Isotemnidae
Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Middle Miocene
(Itaboraian-Laventan)
~59.0–11.8 Ma
Thomashuxleya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Toxodontia
Family: Isotemnidae
Ameghino 1897
Genera

Anisotemnus
Coelostylodon
Distylophorus
Hedralophus
Isotemnus
Lophocoelus
Pampatemnus
Periphragnis
Pleurocoelodon
Pleurostylodon
Rhyphodon
Thomashuxleya

References edit

  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

Further reading edit