Leontiniidae

Leontiniidae; Temporal range: Middle Eocene-Late Miocene; (Mustersan-Huayquerian); ~48.6–7.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Leontinia gaudryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Suborder:	†Toxodonta
Family:	†Leontiniidae; Ameghino 1895
Genera
	Shockey 2005; Ameghino 1895; Burmeister 1885; Deraco et al. 2008; Shockey et al. 2012; Cerdeño & Vera 2015; Ameghino 1901; Huilatherium Villarroel & Guerrero Diaz 1985; Leontinia Ameghino 1895; Bond & López 1995; Paula Couto 1982; Scarrittia Simpson 1934; Soria & Alvarenga 1989; Wyss et al. 2018;

Leontiniidae is an extinct family comprising eleven genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Middle Eocene (Mustersan) to Late Miocene (Huayquerian) of South America (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

References[]

^ Bruce J. Shockey. 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
^ Esperanza Cerdeño and Bárbara Vera (2014). "A new Leontiniidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene beds of Mendoza Province, Argentina". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.982727.

M. V. Deraco, J. E. Powell, and G. Lopez. 2008. 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. 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. 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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Leontiniidae Temporal range: Middle Eocene-Late Miocene (Mustersan-Huayquerian) ~48.6–7.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Leontinia gaudryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Suborder:	†Toxodonta
Family:	†Leontiniidae Ameghino 1895
Genera
Shockey 2005^[1] Ameghino 1895 Burmeister 1885 Deraco et al. 2008 Shockey et al. 2012 Cerdeño & Vera 2015^[2] Ameghino 1901 Huilatherium Villarroel & Guerrero Diaz 1985 Leontinia Ameghino 1895 Bond & López 1995 Paula Couto 1982 Scarrittia Simpson 1934 Soria & Alvarenga 1989 Wyss et al. 2018