Progaleopithecus

Progaleopithecus Temporal range: Middle Eocene-Late Oligocene (Mustersan-Deseadan) ~
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Family:	†Interatheriidae
Subfamily:	†Interatheriinae
Genus:	†Progaleopithecus Ameghino 1904
Type species
†Progaleopithecus tournoueri Ameghino, 1904
Species
E. tournoueri Ameghino 1904 E. fissurellatus Ameghino 1904

Progaleopithecus is an extinct genus of interatheriid notoungulates 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.

Taxonomy

Eopachyrucos was first named in 1901 by Florentino Ameghino based on remains found in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. He originally considered it as a member of the family Hegetotheriidae, as an ancestor of Pachyrukhos, as reflected in its name ("dawn Pachyrukhos), however, recent studies have confirmed it to be a member of the family Interatheriidae, more specifically within the subfamily Interatheriinae.

The following cladogram of the Interatheriinae is based on Vera et al. 2017, showing the position of Progaleopithecus.

Interatheriinae

Eopachyrucos pliciferus Santiagorothia chiliensis Federicoanaya sallaensis Brucemacfaddenia boliviensis Archaeophylus patrius Progaleopithecus tournoueri Argyrohyrax proavus Interatherium robustum Cochilius volvens Protypotherium australe Protypotherium endiadys Protypotherium distinctum Protypotherium sinclairi Miocochilius federicoi Miocochilius anamopodus Protypotherium minutum Protypotherium colloncurensis