Leontiniidae

Leontiniidae Temporal range: Middle Eocene-Late Miocene (Mustersan-Huayquerian) ~48.6–7.3  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Leontinia gaudryi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Notoungulata
Clade:	† Eutoxodontia
Family:	† Leontiniidae Ameghino, 1895
Genera [1]
Anayatherium Shockey, 2005 [2] Ancylocoelus Ameghino, 1895 Colpodon Burmeister, 1885 Coquenia Deraco et al., 2008 Elmerriggsia Shockey et al., 2012 Gualta Cerdeño & Vera, 2015 [3] Henricofilholia Ameghino, 1901 Huilatherium Villarroel & Guerrero Diaz, 1985 Leontinia Ameghino, 1895 Martinmiguelia Bond & López, 1995 Purperia Paula Couto, 1982 Pyralophodon Ameghino, 1904 Rodiotherium Scaphops Scarrittia Simpson, 1934 Stenogenium Taubatherium Soria & Alvarenga, 1989 Termastherium Wyss et al., 2018

Leontiniidae is an extinct family comprising eighteen genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Middle Eocene (Mustersan) to Late Miocene (Huayquerian) of South America.

References

1. "Leontiniidae". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 3 June 2022.
2. Bruce J. Shockey. New leontinids (Class Mammalia, order Notoungulata, family Leontiniidae) from the Salla beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, Late Oligocene). Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. Hist. (2005) 45(4): 249–260
3. Esperanza Cerdeño and Bárbara Vera (2014). "A new Leontiniidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene beds of Mendoza Province, Argentina". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (11): 943–962. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.982727. hdl: 11336/59428 . S2CID   83798693.

Further reading

• M. V. Deraco, J. E. Powell, and G. Lopez. 2008. Primer leontínido (Mammalia, Notoungulata) de la Formación Lumbrera (Subgrupo Santa Bárbara, Grupo Salta-Paleógeno) del noroeste argentino. Ameghiniana 45(1):83–91
• McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.  ISBN   0-231-11013-8
• B. J. Shockey, J. J. Flynn, D. A. Croft, P. Gans, and A. R. Wyss. 2012. New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina: comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses. American Museum Novitates 3737:1–64
• A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, and D. A. Croft. 2018. New Paleogene Notohippids and Leontiniids (Toxodontia; Notoungulata; Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna of the Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3903:1–42