Archaeopithecidae Temporal range: early Eocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Suborder: | †Typotheria |
Family: |
†Archaeopithecidae Ameghino, 1897 |
Genera | |
†Acropithecus †Archaeopithecus
Archaeopithecidae is an extinct family comprising two genera of notoungulate mammals, Acropithecus and Archaeopithecus, both known from the early Eocene of South America (McKenna and Bell, 1997).