Litopterna

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Etymology

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Proper noun

†Litopterna

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – extinct South American native ungulates that lived from the Paleocene to the end of the Pleistocene-early Holocene around 63 million-12,000 years ago, and were also present in Antarctica during the Eocene.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Placentalia - infraclass; Boreoeutheria - clade; Laurasiatheria - superorder; †Meridiungulata - clade

Hyponyms

• (order): Didolodontidae, †Notonychopidae, †Protolipternidae, †Sparnotheriodontidae, †Indaleciidae, †Proterotheriidae, †Adianthidae, †Macraucheniidae - families

References

• Litopterna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Litopterna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Litopterna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Litopterna at Paleobiology Database