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]

Interatherium
Skeleton of Interatherium excavatus in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Interatheriidae
Subfamily: Interatheriinae
Genus: Interatherium
Ameghino 1887
Species
  • I. anguliferum Ameghino 1894
  • I. brevifrons Ameghino 1894
  • I. dentatum Ameghino 1894
  • I. interruptum Ameghino 1894
  • I. rodens (Moreno 1882)
  • I. supernum Ameghino 1894
Synonyms
  • Tembotherium Moreno 1882
Life restoration of Prothylacinus patagonicus and Interatherium robustum

References

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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