Archaeopithecidae

Archaeopithecidae is an extinct family comprising three genera of notoungulate mammals, Acropithecus, Teratopithecus and Archaeopithecus, both known from the Eocene of Argentina.[1]

Archaeopithecidae
Temporal range: Eocene (Riochican-Casamayoran)
~48–40 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
†Notoungulata
Suborder:
†Typotheria
Family:
†Archaeopithecidae

Genera
  • †Acropithecus
  • †Archaeopithecus
  • †Teratopithecus

References
  1. Archaeopithecidae at Fossilworks.org

Further reading
  • F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
  • 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


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