Thoatherium

Thoatherium
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian)
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1901 T. minusculum skeletal illustration
1913 T. minusculum illustration, by Charles R. Knight.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Litopterna
Family: †Proterotheriidae
Subfamily: †Proterotheriinae
Genus: †Thoatherium
Ameghino 1887
Type species
†Thoatherium minusculum
Ameghino, 1887
Species
  • T. bilobatum Ameghino 1904
  • T. karaikense Ameghino 1904
  • T. minusculum Ameghino 1887
  • T. rhabdodon Ameghino 1894
  • T. velatum Ameghino 1904
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Oreomeryx Mercerat, 1891
  • Rhagodon Ameghino, 1891
  • Diaphragmodon Mercerat, 1893
T. minisculum
  • Proterotherium cavum
    Ameghino, 1887
  • Rhagodon gracilis
    Ameghino, 1891
  • Thoatherium crepidatum
    Ameghino, 1891
  • Anisolophus burmeisteri
    Mercerat, 1891
  • Oreomeryx proprius
    Mercerat, 1891
  • Oreomyx superbus
    Mercerat, 1891
  • Diaphragmodon cavum
    (Ameghino, 1887) Mercerat, 1893
  • Diaphragmodon burmeisteri
    (Mercerat, 1891) Mercerat, 1893

Thoatherium (meaning "active swift-beast") is an extinct genus of litoptern mammals from the Early Miocene of Argentina. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina.

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