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Gondwanatherium is an extinct mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. It was a member of the extinct taxon of Gondwanatheria, and lived during 'the age of the dinosaurs'.

Genus: Gondwanatherium Bonaparte JF, 1986
' GondwanaThis article is about the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. For the region of India called Gondwana, see Gondwana (India). The southern supercontinent Gondwana (originally Gondwanaland included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of beast'

Species: Gondwanatherium patagonicum Bonaparte JF, 1986
Place: Los Alamitos, Patagonia
Country: Argentina
Age: Upper Cretaceous
Remarks: Though earlier than SudamericaSudamerica Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Therapsida Class: Mammalia Gondwanatheria Family: Sudamericidae Genus: Sudamerica Species S. ameghinoi Ref. Sudamerica is an extinct mammal genus from the Paleocene of Patagonia. It was a member of th, Gondwantherium is held to be more anatomically derived. This may sound surprising, but there's no reason why ancestral lines might not outlive descended ones.
Reference: Bonaparte (1986), Sobre Mesungulatum houssayi y nuevos mamíferos Cretácicos de Patagonia, Argentina. (Spanish, with English summary). Actas Congr. Argent. Paleontol. Bioestratigr. 4, p.48-61.

Page reference: McKenna MC & Bell SK, (1997), Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press.

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