| Leontiniidae | |
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| Leontinia gaudryi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Clade: | †Eutoxodontia |
| Family: | †Leontiniidae Ameghino, 1895 |
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Leontiniidae is an extinct family comprising eighteen genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Middle Eocene (Mustersan) to Late Miocene (Huayquerian) of South America.
References
[edit]- ^ Bruce J. Shockey. New leontinids (Class Mammalia, order Notoungulata, family Leontiniidae) from the Salla beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, Late Oligocene). Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. Hist. (2005) 45(4): 249–260
- ^ Esperanza Cerdeño and Bárbara Vera (2014). "A new Leontiniidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene beds of Mendoza Province, Argentina". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (11): 943–962. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.982727. hdl:11336/59428. S2CID 83798693.
- ^ "Leontiniidae". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- M. V. Deraco, J. E. Powell, and G. Lopez. 2008. Primer leontínido (Mammalia, Notoungulata) de la Formación Lumbrera (Subgrupo Santa Bárbara, Grupo Salta-Paleógeno) del noroeste argentino. Ameghiniana 45(1):83–91
- 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
- B. J. Shockey, J. J. Flynn, D. A. Croft, P. Gans, and A. R. Wyss. 2012. New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina: comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses. American Museum Novitates 3737:1–64
- A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, and D. A. Croft. 2018. New Paleogene Notohippids and Leontiniids (Toxodontia; Notoungulata; Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna of the Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3903:1–42
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