Named By: | F. Ameghino in 1901 |
Time Period: | Unavailable |
Location: | Argentina - Geste Formation |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Eutheria | Notoungulata | 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.