Isotemnidae

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Isotemnidae Fossil range: late Paleocene to ?late Oligocene
Thomashuxleya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Notoungulata Suborder: †Toxodonta Family: †Isotemnidae Ameghino, 1897
Genera
†Anisotemnus †Coelostylodon †Distylophorus †Hedralophus †Isotemnus †Lophocoelus †Pampatemnus †Periphragnis †Pleurocoelodon †Pleurostylodon †Rhyphodon †Thomashuxleya

Isotemnidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene through Oligocene of South America (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

[edit] References

• 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

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