Coniopternium
| Coniopternium | |
|---|---|
| Astragali of Coniopternium andinum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Litopterna |
| Family: | †Macraucheniidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cramaucheniinae |
| Genus: | †Coniopternium Ameghino, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| †Coniopternium andinum Ameghino, 1894 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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†Notodiaphorus crassus Loomis, 1914 | |
Coniopternium is an extinct genus of macraucheniids from the Late Oligocene of South America. Fossils of Coniopternium have been found in the Agua de la Piedra, Deseado, and Sarmiento Formations of Argentina, the Salla Formation of Bolivia, and the Moquegua Formation of Peru.