Progaleopithecus is an extinct genus of interatheriid notoungulate that lived during the Late Oligocene of Argentina. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Agua de la Piedra, Deseado, and Sarmiento Formations of Argentina.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Interatheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Interatheriinae |
| Genus: | †Progaleopithecus Ameghino 1904 |
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| †Progaleopithecus tournoueri Ameghino, 1904
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Taxonomy
editProgaleopithecus was first named in 1904 by Florentino Ameghino based on remains found in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina, dating to the Late Oligocene, around 28 to 23 mya. It is a derived member of the Interatheriidae, within the subfamily Interatheriinae.
The following cladogram of the Interatheriinae is based on Vera et al. 2017, showing the position of Progaleopithecus.[2]
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References
edit- ^ Vera, Bárbara; Cerdeño, Esperanza; Reguero, Marcelo (2017-07-04). "The Interatheriinae from the Late Oligocene of Mendoza (Argentina), with comments on some Deseadan Interatheriidae". Historical Biology. 29 (5): 607–626. Bibcode:2017HBio...29..607V. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1220945. hdl:11336/49742. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 88869146.
- ^ Vera, Bárbara Soledad; Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo; Gonzalez, Laureano Raul (December 2017). "The Interatheriinae notoungulates from the middle Miocene Collón Curá Formation in Argentina". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 62. doi:10.4202/app.00373.2017. hdl:11336/56874.