Archaeopithecidae
{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}
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| fossil_range = Eocene (Riochican-Casamayoran)
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| taxon = Archaeopithecidae
| authority = Ameghino 1897
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
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Archaeopithecidae is an extinct family comprising two genera of notoungulate mammals, Teratopithecus and Archaeopithecus, both known from the Eocene of Argentina.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43353 Archaeopithecidae] at Fossilworks.org
References
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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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Category:Eocene first appearances
Category:Prehistoric mammal families
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