| Named By: | Rodolfo Salas, Jose Sanchez, Cesar Chacaltana in 2006 |
| Time Period: | Unavailable |
| Location: | Peru |
| Size: | About 3 meters long |
| Diet: | Herbivore |
| Fossil(s): | Partial skull and post cranial remains |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Pyrotheria | Pyrotheriidae | |
Pyrotheriidae is the only family in the order Pyrotheria, provided one does not include the Paleocene genus, Carodnia. These extinct, mastodon-like ungulates include the genera Baguatherium, Carolozittelia, Colombitherium, Gryphodon, Propyrotherium, Proticia, and Pyrotherium.