Interatheriidae
Extinct family of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interatheriidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals from South America. Interatheriids are known from the Middle Eocene (Mustersan) to the Early Pleistocene (Uquian).[1][2][3] These animals were principally small-sized, occupying a habitat like hares, marmots and viscachas. The majority were very small, like rodents.
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Skeleton of Interatherium rodens in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Suborder: | †Typotheria |
Family: | †Interatheriidae Ameghino 1887 |
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Interatheriidae is one of the mammal groups that best represent the fauna from the Santa Cruz Formation. Particularly Protypotherium with three species is characteristic of the formation: P. australe, P. praerutilum and P. attenuatum. Another well-known genus is Interatherium, particularly well represented by I. robustum.