# Interatheriidae

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{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Interatherium FMNH.jpg
| image_caption = Skeleton of ''Interatherium rodens'' in the [Field Museum of Natural History](/source/Field_Museum_of_Natural_History), [Chicago](/source/Chicago)
| fossil_range = [Middle Eocene](/source/Eocene)-[Early Pleistocene](/source/Pleistocene)<br>([Mustersan](/source/Mustersan)-[Uquian](/source/Uquian))<br>~{{Fossil range|48|1.8}}
| taxon = Interatheriidae
| authority = [Ameghino](/source/Florentino_Ameghino) 1887
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies and genera
| subdivision = * †''[Antepithecus](/source/Antepithecus)''
* †''[Antofagastia](/source/Antofagastia)''
* †''[Guilielmoscottia](/source/Guilielmoscottia)''
* †''[Johnbell](/source/Johnbell)''
* †''[Munizia](/source/Munizia)''
* †''[Punapithecus](/source/Punapithecus)''
* †''[Transpithecus](/source/Transpithecus)''
*†[Interatheriinae](/source/Interatheriinae)
}}

'''Interatheriidae''' is an [extinct](/source/extinct) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [notoungulate](/source/Notoungulata) [mammal](/source/mammal)s from [South America](/source/South_America). Interatheriids are known from the [Middle Eocene](/source/Eocene) ([Mustersan](/source/Mustersan)) to the [Early Pleistocene](/source/Pleistocene) ([Uquian](/source/Uquian)).<ref name=McKenna1997>McKenna & Bell, 1997</ref><ref name=Linares2004>Linares, 2004</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Carrillo-Briceño |first1=J. |last2=Sánchez |first2=R |date=23 April 2021 |title=A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela |journal= [Swiss Journal of Palaeontology](/source/Swiss_Journal_of_Palaeontology)|volume=140 |issue=1 |page=9 |doi=10.1186/s13358-020-00216-6 |pmid=34721281 |pmc=8550326 |doi-access=free }}</ref> These animals were principally small-sized, occupying a habitat like hares, marmots and viscachas. The majority were very small, like rodents.

Interatheriidae is one of the mammal groups that best represent the fauna from the [Santa Cruz Formation](/source/Santa_Cruz_Formation%2C_Argentina). Particularly ''[Protypotherium](/source/Protypotherium)'' with three species is characteristic of the formation: ''P. australe'', ''P. praerutilum'' and ''P. attenuatum''. Another well-known genus is ''[Interatherium](/source/Interatherium)'', particularly well represented by ''I. robustum''.

== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite journal |last=Linares |first=Omar J |year=2004 |title=Bioestratigrafía de la fauna de mamíferos de las formaciones Socorro, Urumaco y Codore (Mioceno Medio-Plioceno Temprano) de la región de Urumaco, Falcón, Venezuela |url=http://www.paleobio.labb.usb.ve/Paleobio01.pdf |journal=Paleobiología Neotropical |volume=1 |pages=1–26 |accessdate=2017-08-15 |archive-date=2017-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722021100/http://www.paleobio.labb.usb.ve/Paleobio01.pdf |url-status=dead }}
* McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. ''Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level.'' Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. {{ISBN|0-231-11013-8}}

== Further reading ==
* C. Villarroel and L. G. Marshall. 1989. A new fossil land mammal locality of late Miocene (Huayquerian) age from Muyu Huasi, southcentral Bolivia. Boletin del Servicio Geológico de Bolivia, Serie A IV(1):27-40

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Category:Typotheres
Category:Ypresian first appearances
Category:Pleistocene extinctions
Category:Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
Category:Prehistoric mammal families

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