Archaeopithecus

Archaeopithecus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Archaeopithecidae
Genus: †Archaeopithecus
Ameghino, 1897
Type species
†Archaeopithecus rogeri
Ameghino, 1897
Synonyms
  • Acropithecus tersus Ameghino 1904
  • Adpithecus plenus Ameghino 1902
  • Archaeopithecus alternans Ameghino 1902
  • Archaeopithecus rigidus Ameghino 1902
  • Notopithecus fossulatus Ameghino 1902

Archaeopithecus is an extinct genus of notoungulate, belonging to the suborder Typotheria. It lived during the Middle Eocene, in what is today Argentina.

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