Mesotherium

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Mesotherium
Fossil range: early to middle Pleistocene
skull of Mesotherium cristatum
skull of Mesotherium cristatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Suborder: †Typotheria
Family: †Mesotheriidae
Genus: †Mesotherium
Serres, 1867
Type species
†Mesotherium cristatum
Species
  • †M. cristatum
  • †M. hystatum
  • †M. maendrum
  • †M. pachygnathum

Mesotherium ("Middle Beast"), better known by its synonym, "Typotherium," is the type genus of Mesotheriidae, a long-lasting family of superficially rodent-like, burrowing notoungulates from South America.

[edit] Sources

  • The Origin and Evolution of Mammals (Oxford Biology) by T. S. Kemp
  • The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 11, 1863 (The Correspondence of Charles Darwin) by Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, Duncan Porter, and Sheila Ann Dean
  • D. Croft SA Mammals: Mesotheriidae [1]
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