Periphragnis

Periphragnis
Fossilized remains of Periphragnis exactus.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Isotemnidae
Genus: †Periphragnis
Roth 1899
Type species
†Periphragnis harmeri
Roth, 1899
Species
  • P. circunglexus Ameghino 1901
  • P. cristatus Roth 1904
  • P. exauctus Ameghino 1902
  • P. harmeri Roth 1899
  • P. palmeri Roth 1904
  • P. vicentei Bradham et al 2015
Synonyms
  • Coelodontherium Roth 1903
  • Lemudeus Roth 1903
  • Proasmodeus Ameghino 1902
  • Tehuelia Roth 1902

Periphragnis is an extinct genus of isotemnid notoungulates that lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene in what is now Argentina and Chile.

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