Leontiniidae is an extinct family comprising eighteen genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Middle Eocene (Mustersan) to Late Miocene (Huayquerian) of South America.

Leontiniidae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene-Late Miocene
(Mustersan-Huayquerian)
~48.6–7.3 Ma
Leontinia gaudryi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Clade: Eutoxodontia
Family: Leontiniidae
Ameghino, 1895
Genera[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Bruce J. Shockey. New leontinids (Class Mammalia, order Notoungulata, family Leontiniidae) from the Salla beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, Late Oligocene). Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. Hist. (2005) 45(4): 249–260
  2. ^ Esperanza Cerdeño and Bárbara Vera (2014). "A new Leontiniidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene beds of Mendoza Province, Argentina". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (11): 943–962. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.982727. hdl:11336/59428. S2CID 83798693.
  3. ^ "Leontiniidae". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

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