Johnbell

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Johnbell
Temporal range: Early Oligocene (Tinguirirican)
~33–31 Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Interatheriidae
Genus: Johnbell
Hitz, Flynn & Wyss 2006
Type species
Johnbell hatcheri
Hitz, Flynn & Wyss 2006

Johnbell is an extinct genus of ungulates, from the family Interatheriidae. The only known species belonging to the genus is Johnbell hatcheri. This animal was named after the paleontologist John Bell Hatcher. This genus is related to Ignigena and the subfamily Interatheriinae. This animal lived in central Chile during the Early Oligocene.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hitz, R.B., Flynn, J.J. & Wyss, A.R. 2006. New basal Interatheriidae (Typotheria, Notoungulata, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3520:1-32.


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