Hegetotheria

Hegetotheria is a suborder of the extinct mammalian order Notoungulata and includes two families, Archaeohyracidae and Hegetotheriidae. Cifelli (1993) indicated that the suborder Typotheria would be paraphyletic if it excluded members of Hegetotheria and he advocated inclusion of the hegetothere families in Typotheria.

Hegetotheria[1] Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Early Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Propachyrucos ameghinorum fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Suborder:	†Hegetotheria Simpson, 1945
Families
incertae sedis Griphotherion †Archaeohyracidae †Hegetotheriidae

Notes

1. McKenna & Bell, 1997, pp. 465-466.

References

• Cifelli, Richard L. 1993. The phylogeny of the native South American ungulates. pp. 195–216 in F. S. Szalay, M. J. Novacek and M. C. McKenna (eds.) Mammal Phylogeny, Volume 2, Placentals. Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN 0-387-97853-4
• McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8