Leontiniidae
{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Middle Eocene-Late Miocene
(Mustersan-Huayquerian)
~{{Fossil range|48.6|7.3}}
| image = Leontinia.jpg
| image_caption = Leontinia gaudryi
| taxon = Leontiniidae
| authority = Ameghino, 1895
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision_ref = {{fossilworks |id=43373 |title=Leontiniidae |date=3 June 2022}}
| subdivision =
- Anayatherium {{small|Shockey, 2005Bruce J. Shockey. [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/bulletin/shockeylowres.pdf 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}}
- Ancylocoelus {{small|Ameghino, 1895}}
- Colpodon {{small|Burmeister, 1885}}
- Coquenia {{small|Deraco et al., 2008}}
- Elmerriggsia {{small|Shockey et al., 2012}}
- Gualta {{small|Cerdeño & Vera, 2015{{Cite journal|author=Esperanza Cerdeño and Bárbara Vera |year=2014 |title=A new Leontiniidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene beds of Mendoza Province, Argentina |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=13 |issue=11 |pages=943–962 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.982727 |s2cid=83798693 |hdl=11336/59428 |hdl-access=free }}}}
- Henricofilholia {{small|Ameghino, 1901}}
- Huilatherium {{small|Villarroel & Guerrero Diaz, 1985}}
- Leontinia {{small|Ameghino, 1895}}
- Martinmiguelia {{small|Bond & López, 1995}}
- Purperia {{small|Paula Couto, 1982}}
- Pyralophodon {{small|Ameghino, 1904}}
- Rodiotherium
- Scaphops
- Scarrittia {{small|Simpson, 1934}}
- Stenogenium
- Taubatherium {{small|Soria & Alvarenga, 1989}}
- Termastherium {{small|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
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Further reading
- M. V. Deraco, J. E. Powell, and G. Lopez. 2008. [http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S0002-70142008000100006&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en 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. [https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/6161/N3737.pdf?sequence=1&origin=publicationDetail 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. [https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/6901/N3903.pdf?sequence=1 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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Category:Eocene first appearances
Category:Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
Category:Prehistoric mammal families
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