Biology:Proterotheriinae

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Short description: Extinct subfamily of mammals

Proterotheriinae
Temporal range: Early Miocene-Early Holocene (Colhuehuapian-Lujanian)
~20.43–0.012 Ma
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Skull of Diadiaphorus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Family: Proterotheriidae
Subfamily: Proterotheriinae
Ameghino, 1885
Genera

Proterotheriinae is a subfamily of Proterotheriidae, an extinct family of mammals belonging to the extinct order Litopterna.[2]

References

  1. Andrew J. McGrath; Federico Anaya; Darin A. Croft (2020). "New proterotheriids (Litopterna, Mammalia) from the middle Miocene of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia, and trends in diversity and body size of proterotheriid and macraucheniid litopterns". Ameghiniana 57 (2): 159–188. doi:10.5710/AMGH.03.03.2020.3268. 
  2. "Fossilworks: Proterotheriinae". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=122360. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21588943 entry