Interatherium
Interatherium is an extinct genus of interatheriid mammal from the Early to Middle Miocene (Santacrucian-Mayoan). Fossils have been found in the Santa Cruz, Collón Curá and Sarmiento Formations in Argentina.[1]
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Skeleton of Interatherium excavatus in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Family: | †Interatheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Interatheriinae |
Genus: | †Interatherium Ameghino 1887 |
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Life restoration of Prothylacinus patagonicus and Interatherium robustum
References
- Interatherium at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- 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
- Bibliography Of Fossil Vertebrates 1934-1938 by C. I. Camp
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