Thoatherium

Thoatherium; Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian); ~
	Thoatherium skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Litopterna
Family:	†Proterotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Proterotheriinae
Genus:	†Thoatherium; Ameghino 1887
Type species
	†Thoatherium minusculum; Ameghino, 1887
Species
	T. bilobatum Ameghino 1904; T. karaikense Ameghino 1904; T. minusculum Ameghino 1887; T. rhabdodon Ameghino 1894; T. velatum Ameghino 1904;
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Oreomeryx Mercerat, 1891 ; Rhagodon Ameghino, 1891 ; Diaphragmodon Mercerat, 1893 ; T. minisculum Proterotherium cavum; Ameghino, 1887 ; Rhagodon gracilis; Ameghino, 1891 ; Thoatherium crepidatum; Ameghino, 1891 ; Anisolophus burmeisteri; Mercerat, 1891 ; Oreomeryx proprius; Mercerat, 1891 ; Oreomyx superbus; Mercerat, 1891 ; Diaphragmodon cavum; (Ameghino, 1887) Mercerat, 1893 ; Diaphragmodon burmeisteri; (Mercerat, 1891) Mercerat, 1893 ;

Thoatherium (meaning "active swift-beast") is an extinct genus of litoptern mammals from the Early Miocene of Argentina. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina.

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