Pyrotheriidae

Taxobox
name = Pyrotheriidae


image_caption = The Pyrotheriidae "Pyrotherium romeroi" with "Rhynchippus equinus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Theria
infraclassis = Eutheria
ordo = †Pyrotheria
familia = †Pyrotheriidae
familia_authority = Ameghino, 1889
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*†"Pyrotherium"
*†"Propyrotherium"
*†"Carlozittelia"
*†"Gryphodon"
*†"Proticia"
*†"Baguatherium"
*†"Colombitherium"

Pyrotheriidae is the only family in the order Pyrotheria, provided one does not include the Paleocene genus, "Carodnia". These extinct, mastodon-like ungulates include the genera "Baguatherium", "Carolozittelia", "Colombitherium", "Gryphodon", "Propyrotherium", "Proticia", and "Pyrotherium".cite journal | author = Salas, R., Sánchez, J., and Chacaltana, C. | year = 2006 | title = A new pre-Deseadan pyrothere (Mammalia) from northern Peru and the wear facets of molariform teeth of Pyrotheria | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 760–769 | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26 [760:ANPPMF] 2.0.CO;2 | doilabel = 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[760:ANPPMF]2.0.CO;2]

References

* [http://www.accessscience.com/Encyclopedia/5/56/Est_560300_frameset.html?doi Access Science]
* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Meridiungulata/Xenungulata.htm Mikko's Phylogeny Archive]