Mesotheriidae

Mesotheriidae
Temporal range:
Mesotherium cristatum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Typotheria
Family: Mesotheriidae
Alston, 1876
Subfamilies and genera

Fiandraiinae

Mesotheriinae

Trachytheriinae

Mesotheriidae ("Middle Beasts") is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene of South America. Mesotheriids were small to medium-sized herbivorous mammals adapted for digging.