Campanorco

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Campanorco
Temporal range: Mid Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan)
~48.6–37.2  Ma
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Skull of Campanorco inauguralis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Typotheria
Family: Campanorcidae
Bond et al., 1984
Genus: Campanorco
Bond et al., 1984
Species:
C. inauguralis
Binomial name
Campanorco inauguralis
Bond et al., 1984

Campanorco is an extinct genus of notoungulate mammal from the Middle Eocene Lumbrera Formation, Argentina, South America and the only member of the family Campanorcidae. [1] It contains only a single species, Campanorco inauguralis.

References

  1. McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN   0-231-11013-8.