Archaeotypotherium is an extinct genus of notoungulate belonging to the family Archaeohyracidae that lived during the Oligocene of Argentina and Chile.[1] It was first described in 1903 by the Argentine paleontologist Santiago Roth.[2]

Archaeotypotherium
Temporal range: Oligocene (Tinguirirican-Deseadan)
~29–28.4 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Archaeohyracidae
Genus: Archaeotypotherium
Roth 1903
Type species
Archaeotypotherium transitum
Roth, 1903
Species
  • A. pattersoni Croft et al 2003
  • A. tinguiriricaense Croft et al 2003
  • A. transitum Roth 1903

References

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  1. ^ Castillo Cornejo, Juan (2007). Mago Editores (ed.). Megabestias en Chile y otros vertebrados del Cenozoico. ISBN 978-956-8249-95-3.
  2. ^ Roth S. (1903) Noticias preliminares sobre nuevos mamíferos fósiles del Cretáceo superior y Terciario inferior de la Patagonia. Revista del Museo de La Plata 11: 133-158