Tremacyllus

Tremacyllus
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pleistocene (Chasicoan-Lujanian)
~7–0.012 Ma
Skull of Tremacyllus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Hegetotheriidae
Subfamily: †Pachyrukhinae
Genus: †Tremacyllus
Ameghino, 1891
Type species
†Tremacyllus impressus
Ameghino, 1891
Species
  • T. impressus Ameghino, 1891
  • T. incipiens Rovereto, 1914
Synonyms
  • T. diminutus Ameghino, 1891
  • T. chapalmalensis Ameghino, 1908
  • T. novus Ameghino, 1908
  • T. latifrons Rovereto, 1914
  • T. intermedius Rovereto, 1914

Tremacyllus is an extinct genus of hegetotheriids. It lived from the Late Miocene to the Late Pleistocene (~7-0.012 Ma) and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America.