Hegetotheriidae
| Hegetotheriidae Temporal range:
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| Prosotherium garzoni (=Propachyrucos ameghinorum). | |
| Life restoration of Hegetotherium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Suborder: | †Typotheria |
| Family: | †Hegetotheriidae Ameghino, 1894 |
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Hegetotheriidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Oligocene through the Pliocene of South America. The family underwent many sequential radiation events throughout the Cenozoic, which led to Hegetotheriids being among the most diverse of the Typotheria.