Pyrotheriidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Pyrotheriidae

| image = Beneski Museum of Natural History Pyrotherium.jpg

| image_caption = Skull of Pyrotherium romeroi

| fossil_range = Mid Eocene-Early Oligocene (Casamayoran-Tinguirirican)
~{{fossil range|48|28.4}}

| taxon = Pyrotheriidae

| authority = Ameghino 1889

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = * †Baguatherium

• †Berracotherium{{Cite journal |last=Fernández |first=Mercedes |last2=Zimicz |first2=Ana N. |last3=Bond |first3=Mariano |last4=Chornogubsky |first4=Laura |last5=Muñoz |first5=Nahuel A. |last6=Fernicola |first6=Juan C. |date=2023-02-11 |title=First Pyrotheria (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from the Quebrada de Los Colorados Formation (middle Eocene–early Oligocene) at Los Cardones National Park, northwestern Argentina |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-023-09649-5 |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |language=en |doi=10.1007/s10914-023-09649-5 |issn=1573-7055|url-access=subscription }}
• †Carolozittelia
• †Griphodon
• †Propyrotherium
• †Pyrotherium

}}

Pyrotheriidae is the only family in the order Pyrotheria, provided one does not include the Paleocene genus, Carodnia. These extinct, elephant-like ungulates include the genera Baguatherium, Carolozittelia, Griphodon, Propyrotherium, and Pyrotherium.{{cite journal | author = Salas, R. | author2 = Sánchez, J. | author3 = Chacaltana, C. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2006 | title = A new pre-Deseadan pyrothere (Mammalia) from northern Peru and the wear facets of molariform teeth of Pyrotheria | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 760–769 | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[760:ANPPMF]2.0.CO;2}} Fossils of the family have been found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.