Leontiniidae

Leontiniidae; Temporal range: 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
	Anayatherium Shockey, 2005; Ancylocoelus Ameghino, 1895; Colpodon Burmeister, 1885; Coquenia Deraco et al., 2008; Elmerriggsia Shockey et al., 2012; Gualta Cerdeño & Vera, 2015; 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

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References

^ 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
S2CID 83798693
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^ "Leontiniidae". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

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

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[1] 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

[2] S2CID 83798693
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[3] "Leontiniidae". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

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