Eotypotherium

Eotypotherium
Temporal range: Early Miocene
~22.5–17 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Mesotheriidae
Genus: Eotypotherium
Croft, Flynn & Wyss, 2004
Species:
E. chico
Binomial name
Eotypotherium chico
Croft, Flynn & Wyss, 2004

Eotypotherium is an extinct genus of mammal, belonging to the suborder Typotheria. It lived during the Early Miocene. Its fossilized remains were discovered in the Chucal Formation, in the Chilean altiplano, near the Salar de Surire, in South America.[1]

  1. ^ Croft, Darin A.; Flynn, John J.; Wyss, André R. (2004). "Notoungulata and Litopterna of the Early Miocene Chucal Fauna, Northern Chile" (PDF). Fieldiana Geology. 2004 (50): 1–52. doi:10.3158/0096-2651(2004)50[1:NALOTE]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0096-2651. S2CID 53986638.