Biology:Notopithecidae
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| Notopithecus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Suborder: | †Typotheria |
| Family: | †Notopithecidae Ameghino, 1897 |
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Notopithecidae is a family of typotherine notoungulates known from Paleogene deposits of the San Juan Formation, Argentina.[1] The name of the clade derives from an error, Florentino Ameghino assumed the namesake of the family, Notopithecus, was a primate.[2]
Description
Notopithecids had low crowned teeth and relatively underived dentition when compared to later typotheres. They had brachyodont molars. [3] They most likely walked plantigrade, indicated by an astragalar foramen and a shallow and asymmetric trochela.[4]
Classification
Notopithecidae has had some debate as to whether it is even a valid family, occasionally being placed within Interatheriidae.[5] However, most literature supports Notopithecidae being its own family. [1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Scott, William Berryman; Scott, William Berryman (1913). A history of land mammals in the Western Hemisphere; illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings. New York: Macmillan. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51389.
- ↑ Hitz, Ralph B.; Hitz, Ralph B.; Flynn, John J.; Wyss, André R. (2006). New basal Interatheriidae (Typotheria, Notoungulata, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of central Chile. New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/169109.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scarano, Alejo C.; Vera, Bárbara (2018). "Geometric morphometric analysis as a proxy to evaluate age-related change in molar shape variation of low-crowned Notoungulata (Mammalia)" (in en). Journal of Morphology 279 (2): 216–227. doi:10.1002/jmor.20766. ISSN 1097-4687. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jmor.20766.
- ↑ Vera, Bárbara (2012). "Postcranial Morphology of Notopithecus Ameghino, 1897 (notoungulata, Interatheriidae) from the Middle Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (5): 1135–1148. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23251305.
- ↑ "Mindat.org" (in en). https://www.mindat.org/taxon-9535911.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q56254623 entry
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