Leontinia

Leontinia
Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan)
~28.4–23.03 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Leontiniidae
Genus: Leontinia
Ameghino 1895
Species
  • L. gaudryi Ameghino 1895 (type)
  • L. tertiaria Ameghino 1902

Leontinia is an extinct genus of leontiniid notoungulate. Fossils have been found in the Deseado and Sarmiento Formations in Argentina and Trembembé Formation of Brazil, and are the most abundant remains of any animal found there.[citation needed] The genus dates back to the Late Oligocene, Deseadan in the SALMA classification.[1]

  1. ^ Leontinia Archived 2021-12-13 at the Wayback Machine at Fossilworks.org