Isotemnus

Isotemnus
Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Middle Eocene
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Teeth of Isotemnus ctalego
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Isotemnidae
Genus: Isotemnus
Ameghino 1897
Type species
Isotemnus primitivus
Ameghino, 1897
Species
  • I. ctalego Simpson 1935
  • I. haugi Roth 1901
  • I. latidens Ameghino 1901
  • I. primitivus Ameghino 1897
Synonyms
  • Amphitemnus Ameghino 1904
  • Dimerostephanos Ameghino 1902
  • Eochalicotherium Ameghino 1901
  • Leifunia Roth 1901
  • Prostylops Ameghino 1897

Isotemnus is an extinct genus of notoungulate belonging to the family Isotemnidae. It lived from the Late Paleocene to the Middle Eocene of what is now Argentina.