Pyrotheriidae
Skull of Pyrotherium romeroi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Pyrotheria
Family: †Pyrotheriidae
Ameghino 1889
Genera

Pyrotheriidae is the only family in the order Pyrotheria, provided one does not include the Paleocene genus, Carodnia. These extinct, mastodon-like ungulates include the genera Baguatherium, Carolozittelia, Griphodon, Propyrotherium, and Pyrotherium.[2] Fossils of the family have been found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.

References

  1. ↑ Fernández, Mercedes; Zimicz, Ana N.; Bond, Mariano; Chornogubsky, Laura; Muñoz, Nahuel A.; Fernicola, Juan C. (2023-02-11). "First Pyrotheria (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from the Quebrada de Los Colorados Formation (middle Eocene–early Oligocene) at Los Cardones National Park, northwestern Argentina". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09649-5. ISSN 1573-7055.
  2. ↑ Salas, R.; Sánchez, J. & Chacaltana, C. (2006). "A new pre-Deseadan pyrothere (Mammalia) from northern Peru and the wear facets of molariform teeth of Pyrotheria". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 760–769. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[760:ANPPMF]2.0.CO;2.

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