Othnielmarshia

Othnielmarshia
Temporal range: Paleocene-Eocene
~58–40 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Henricosborniidae
Genus: †Othnielmarshia
Ameghino 1901
Type species
†Othnielmarshia lacunifera
Ameghino, 1901
Species
  • O. curviristra Ameghino 1901
  • O. lacunifera Ameghino 1901
  • O. reflexa Ameghino 1901
Synonyms
  • Postpithecus Ameghino 1901

Othnielmarshia is an extinct genus of placental mammal from the Paleocene and the Eocene of South America, belonging to the family Henricosborniidae within the order Notoungulata. It was named after the famous paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh.[1]

  1. ^ Ameghino, Florentino (1901). "Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacès de Patagonie". Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba. 16: 349–429. OCLC 123174974.