Progaleopithecus

Progaleopithecus
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: †Interatheriidae
Subfamily: †Interatheriinae
Genus: †Progaleopithecus
Ameghino 1904
Type species
†Progaleopithecus tournoueri
Ameghino, 1904
Species
  • P. tournoueri Ameghino 1904
  • P. fissurellatus Ameghino 1904

Progaleopithecus is an extinct genus of interatheriid notoungulate that lived during the Late Oligocene of Argentina. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Agua de la Piedra, Deseado, and Sarmiento Formations of Argentina.[1]

  1. ^ Vera, Bárbara; Cerdeño, Esperanza; Reguero, Marcelo (2017-07-04). "The Interatheriinae from the Late Oligocene of Mendoza (Argentina), with comments on some Deseadan Interatheriidae". Historical Biology. 29 (5): 607–626. Bibcode:2017HBio...29..607V. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1220945. hdl:11336/49742. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 88869146.