Transpithecus

Transpithecus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Notopithecidae
Genus: †Transpithecus
Ameghino, 1901
Species:
†T. obtentus
Binomial name
†Transpithecus obtentus
Ameghino, 1901
Synonyms
  • Acoelodus connectus Ameghino 1901
  • Patriarchippus annectens Ameghino 1904

Transpithecus is an extinct genus of notoungulates, belonging to the suborder Typotheria. It lived during the Middle Eocene in what is today South America.

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