Teratopithecus

Teratopithecus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (Mustersan)
~48.0–40 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Archaeopithecidae
Genus: Teratopithecus
López et al., 2020
Species:
T. elpidophoros
Binomial name
Teratopithecus elpidophoros
López et al., 2020

Teratopithecus is an extinct genus of archaeopithecid notoungulate that lived during the Middle Eocene of what is now Argentina. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.