Archaeopithecus

Archaeopithecus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
~48.0–40 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Archaeopithecidae
Genus: Archaeopithecus
Ameghino, 1897
Type species
Archaeopithecus rogeri
Ameghino, 1897
Synonyms
  • Acropithecus tersus Ameghino 1904
  • Adpithecus plenus Ameghino 1902
  • Archaeopithecus alternans Ameghino 1902
  • Archaeopithecus rigidus Ameghino 1902
  • Notopithecus fossulatus Ameghino 1902

Archaeopithecus is an extinct genus of notoungulate, belonging to the suborder Typotheria. It lived during the Middle Eocene, in what is today Argentina.