Oldfieldthomasiidae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Notoungulata |
Suborder: | † Typotheria |
Family: | †
Oldfieldthomasiidae Simpson, 1945 |
Genera | |
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Allalmeia | |
Synonyms | |
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Oldfieldthomasiidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Late Paleocene to Late Eocene of South America. [1] The family was classified by George Gaylord Simpson in 1945 and a synonym is Acoelodidae, defined by Florentino Ameghino in 1901. [2]
The family is named after British zoologist Oldfield Thomas.
Fossils of the family Oldfieldthomasiidae have been found in southern South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile. [2]
Oldfieldthomasiidae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Notoungulata |
Suborder: | † Typotheria |
Family: | †
Oldfieldthomasiidae Simpson, 1945 |
Genera | |
†
Allalmeia | |
Synonyms | |
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Oldfieldthomasiidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Late Paleocene to Late Eocene of South America. [1] The family was classified by George Gaylord Simpson in 1945 and a synonym is Acoelodidae, defined by Florentino Ameghino in 1901. [2]
The family is named after British zoologist Oldfield Thomas.
Fossils of the family Oldfieldthomasiidae have been found in southern South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile. [2]