Interatheriinae
Extinct subfamily of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interatheriinae is an extinct subfamily of interatheriids that consisted of notoungulates dating from the Early Eocene (Casamayoran SALMA) to the Early Pliocene (Montehermosan SALMA). The subfamily includes the genera Archaeophylus, Argyrohyrax, Boleatherium, Brucemacfaddenia, Caenophilus, Choichephilum, Cochilius, Eopachyrucos, Federicoanaya, Interatherium, Juchuysillu, Miocochilius, Neoicochilus, Patriarchus, Proargyrohyrax, Progaleopithecus, Protypotherium, and Santiagorothia.[1][2][3][4][5] They were small to medium sized interatheres, and when compared to the other subfamily, Notopithecinae, interatheriines are found to occupy an advanced, derived position in the family.[6][7]
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Fossil of P. australe. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Suborder: | †Typotheria |
Family: | †Interatheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Interatheriinae Ameghino, 1887 |
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