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Isotemnus fossil map

Where fossils of Isotemnus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 45 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 45 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Isotemnus
Image: Lmalena, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived57–37.71 million years ago (Thanetian to Bartonian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyIsotemnidae
Named byAmeghino 1897
Fossil records62 occurrences at 11 locations (PBDB)
Found inArgentina
Rock formationstxn:43356, Sarmiento, Las Flores

About Isotemnus

Isotemnus is an extinct genus of notoungulate belonging to the family Isotemnidae. It lived from the Late Paleocene to the Middle Eocene of what is now Argentina.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Isotemnus (revision 1321532635), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q97387785.

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