Leontiniidae

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Leontiniidae Fossil range: middle Eocene to middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Notoungulata Suborder: †Toxodonta Family: †Leontiniidae Ameghino, 1895
Genera
†Ancylocoelus †Huilatherium †Leontinia †Martinmiguelia †Scarrittia †Taubatherium

Leontiniidae is an extinct family comprising six genera of notoungulate mammals known from the middle Eocene through middle Miocene 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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