Archaeotypotherium

Archaeotypotherium
Temporal range: Oligocene (Tinguirirican-Deseadan)
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Archaeohyracidae
Genus: Archaeotypotherium
Roth 1903
Type species
Archaeotypotherium transitum
Roth, 1903
Species
  • A. pattersoni Croft et al 2003
  • A. tinguiriricaense Croft et al 2003
  • A. transitum Roth 1903

Archaeotypotherium is an extinct genus of notoungulate belonging to the family Archaeohyracidae that lived during the Oligocene of Argentina and Chile. It was first described in 1903 by the Argentine paleontologist Santiago Roth.