Trachytherus

Trachytherus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan-Colhuehuapian)
~28–17.5 Ma
Skull and mandible of Trachytherus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Mesotheriidae
Subfamily: †Trachytheriinae
Genus: †Trachytherus
Ameghino, 1889
Type species
†Trachytherus spegazzinianus
Species
  • T. alloxus (Billet et al, 2008)
  • T. ramirezi (Shockey et al, 2016)
  • T. spegazzinianus (Ameghino, 1889)
  • T. subandinus (Villarroel, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Ameghinotherium Podestá, 1899
  • Anatrachytherus Reguero & Castro, 2004
  • Eutrachytherus Ameghino, 1897
  • Isoproedium Ameghino, 1904
  • Proedium Ameghino, 1895

Trachytherus is an extinct genus of mesotheriid notoungulate that lived from the Late Oligocene to the Early Miocene in what is now South America.