Notopithecus

Notopithecus
Temporal range: Middle-Late Eocene
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Skull of Notopithecus adapinus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Interatheriidae
Genus: †Notopithecus
Ameghino, 1887
Type species
†Notopithecus adapinus
Ameghino, 1887
Species
  • N. adapinus Ameghino, 1887
  • N. amplidens Ameghino, 1901
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Adpithecus Ameghino, 1901
  • Epipithecus Ameghino, 1904
  • Gonopithecus Ameghino, 1904
Species synonymy
  • Adpithecus secans Ameghino, 1901
  • Adpithecus subtenuis Ameghino, 1904
  • Antepithecus gradatus Ameghino, 1904
  • Epipithecus confluens Ameghino, 1904
  • Infrapithecus diversus Ameghino, 1902

Notopithecus is an extinct genus of Notoungulate, belonging to the suborder Typotheria. It lived from the Middle to the Late Eocene and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America.

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