Astrapotheria

Astrapotheria

Taxobox
name = Astrapotheria
fossil_range = late Paleocene-late Miocene


image_caption = "Astrapotherium".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Theria
infraclassis = Eutheria
superordo = †Meridiungulata
ordo = †Astrapotheria
ordo_authority = Lydekker 1894
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision = †Astrapotheriidae
Eoastrapostylopidae
Trigonostylopidae

Astrapotheria is an extinct order of South American hoofed animals. The history of this order is enigmatic, but it may taxonomically belong to Meridiungulata (along with Notoungulata, Litopterna and Pyrotheria). In turn, Meridungulata is believed to belong to the extant superorder Laurasiatheria. An example of this order is "Astrapotherium magnum". When alive, "Astrapotherium" might have resembled a mastodon, but was only three meters (ten feet) long.

Classification

*Astrapotheriidae
**"Xenastrapotherium"
**"Synastrapotherium"
**"Parastrapotherium"
**"Scaglia"
**"Astrapotherium"
**"Astrapothericulus"
**"Astraponotus"
*Eoastrapostylopidae
**"Eoastrapostylops"
*Trigonostylopidae
**"Trigonostylops"
**"Albertogaudryia "
**"Shecenia"
**"Teragonostylops"


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