Pyrotheriidae
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| Pyrotheriidae | |
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| File:Beneski Museum of Natural History Pyrotherium.jpg | |
| Skull of Pyrotherium romeroi | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pyrotheria |
| Family: | †Pyrotheriidae Ameghino 1889 |
| Genera | |
Pyrotheriidae is the only family in the order Pyrotheria, provided one does not include the Paleocene genus, Carodnia. These extinct, elephant-like ungulates include the genera Baguatherium, Carolozittelia, Griphodon, Propyrotherium, and Pyrotherium.[2] Fossils of the family have been found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
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