| Fiandraia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Notoungulata |
| Genus: | † Fiandraia Roselli, 1976 |
| Type species | |
| †Fiandraia romeii Roselli, 1976 | |
Fiandraia is an extinct monotypic genus of notoungulate that lived in Uruguay during the Oligocene and the Early Miocene. [1] It was found in the Fray Bentos Formation, in rocks dated back from the Deseadan period. [2]
The taxonomic status of Fiandraia has been historically disputed; in 1976, its discoverer, Roselli, assigned it in the family Mesotheriidae; [1] in 1978, in Mones & Ubilla, it was considered part of Interatheriidae; [2] McKenna & Bell, in 1997, placed it inside its own family, Fiandraiinae, itself part of Mesotheriidae; [3] Flynn et al considered it, in 2005, as a member of the Toxodontidae instead of the Mesotheriinae. [1]
