Pachyrukhos

Pachyrukhos
Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Colhuehuapian-Friasian)
~21.0–15.5 Ma
Skeleton reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Hegetotheriidae
Subfamily: Pachyrukhinae
Genus: Pachyrukhos
Ameghino 1885
Species
  • P. absis Ameghino 1889
  • P. elongatus Moreno 1888
  • P. moyani Ameghino 1885
  • P. naevius Ameghino 1889
  • P. politus Ameghino 1902
  • P. teres Ameghino 1889
  • P. trivius Ameghino 1889
Synonyms

Pachyrukhos is an extinct genus of hegetotheriid notoungulate from the Early to Middle Miocene (Colhuehuapian-Friasian in the SALMA classification) of Argentina and Chile. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Collón Curá, Sarmiento and Santa Cruz Formations of Argentina and the Río Frías Formation of Chile.[1][failed verification]