Typotheria

Typotheria; Temporal range:
	Mesotherium cristatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Suborder:	†Typotheria; Zittel, 1892
Families
	†Archaeohyracidae; †Archaeopithecidae; †Campanorcidae; †Hegetotheriidae; †Interatheriidae; †Mesotheriidae; †Notopithecidae; †Oldfieldthomasiidae;

Typotheria is a suborder of the extinct mammalian order Notoungulata and includes five families: Archaeopithecidae, Campanorcidae, Interatheriidae, Mesotheriidae, and Oldfieldthomasiidae. Cifelli indicated that Typotheria would be paraphyletic if it excluded members of the suborder Hegetotheria and he advocated inclusion of the hegetothere families Archaeohyracidae and Hegetotheriidae in Typotheria.

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