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currently includes three accepted genera with an exclusive Palaeogene distribution (
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(
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. Previously,
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(age uncertain;
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Cerdeño
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. 2008
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, Woodburne
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. 2014a,
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), was placed tentatively in
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based on dental similarities with the adianthid
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(Simpson and Minoprio 1949, Simpson
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. 1962). Later,
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described
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C4FBFF198DF9FF46" box="[1017,1227,207,231]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Indalecia grandensis</emphasis>
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from the Lumbrera Formation,
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[Early Eocene (
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Fernicola
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2021
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)], that showed dental similarities with
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C3ADFEDB8C65FE84" box="[1199,1367,269,293]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Adiantoides leali</emphasis>
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, such as a buccolingually transverse crest connecting the hypocone with the metaconule, and the absence of a postprotocrista connecting the protocone with the metaconule on M1M2, among other features that justified the proposal of a subfamily
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within
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.
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tentatively followed
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considering the shared presence of fossettes formed by hypertrophied conular cristae in the upper molars in members of
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and typical adianthids. However, they also noticed some important features that separated them, such as the lack of a mesostyle on the upper molars and the lack of an entolophid (hypolophid in our matrix nomenclature;
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) on the lower molars, among other features.
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also added a new species
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C482FD128D7DFD7D" box="[896,1103,708,732]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Adiantoides magnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Cañadon Vaca,
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, to
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. The differences between indaleciines and adianthids and also the dental similarities of the former with amilnedwarsiids, led Soria (1989a) to propose elevating the subfamily
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to the family
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, including indaleciids, amilnedwarsiids, and notonychopids under the same order
<taxonomicName id="4C107DA0FFE90D10C4DAFC568D60FC36" authorityName="Soria" authorityYear="1989" box="[984,1106,896,919]" class="Mammalia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Notopterna" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Notopterna</taxonomicName>
(see
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and the order
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section). Apart from some common dental features, indaleciids share features of the ear region with notonychopids, such as anteriorly acuminate petrosals; however, they diverge in the presence of enamel fossettes in the P2 M3 and less developed parastyles in indaleciids, among other dental features (Soria 1989b).
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF817BD2FFE90D10C447FB8D8AE9FBD2" author="Cifelli" box="[837,987,1115,1139]" firstAuthor="Cifelli" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="195 - 216" refId="ref40977" refString="Cifelli RL. The phylogeny of the native South American ungulates. In: Szalay FS, Novacek MJ, McKenna MC (eds), Mammal Phylogeny: Placentals. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1993, 195 - 216." type="book chapter" year="1993">Cifelli (1993)</bibRefCitation>
conducted a phylogenetic analysis that included indaleciids (i.e.,
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C344FBAD8DADFB32" box="[1094,1183,1147,1171]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Indalecia</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C3EFFBAD8C53FB32" box="[1261,1377,1147,1171]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Adiantoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in a sample of different litoptern families and didolodontids, and found them to form a monophyletic group closely related to sparnotheriodontids (i.e.,
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C335FB0F8DFBFB50" box="[1079,1225,1241,1265]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Victorlemoinea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and these three taxa together were sister to didolodontids (
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). This result was probably influenced by Cifellis (1983b) indirect assignment of tarsals for
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C4FCFAE18DA2FAEE" box="[1022,1168,1335,1359]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Victorlemoinea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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section). When
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repeated the analysis removing didolodontids and adding notonychopids, they similarly found this close relationship between indaleciids and sparnotheriodontids, without a close relationship with notonychopids (
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). However, in a different analysis based only on lower molars,
<bibRefCitation id="EF817BD2FFE90D10C313FA258DE2F9AA" author="Gelfo" box="[1041,1232,1523,1547]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Gelfo" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="329 - 35" refId="ref42504" refString="Gelfo JN, Lopez GM, Bond M. A new Xenungulata (Mammalia) from the Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 2008; 82: 329 - 35. https: // doi. org / 10.1666 / 06 - 099.1" type="journal article" year="2008">
Gelfo
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C352FA258D4BF9AA" box="[1104,1145,1523,1547]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. (2008)
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found indaleciids in a polytomy with
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C4C9F9C48DA3F98B" box="[971,1169,1554,1578]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Notonychops powelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and this polytomy as sister of the sparnotheriodontid
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C33DF9E78DD3F9E8" box="[1087,1249,1585,1609]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Sparnotheriodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Most authors since then have included
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as a family of
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(e.g., Croft
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C469F9A78AABF929" box="[875,921,1648,1672]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. 2020). Nevertheless, a preliminary study that included ear region characters among other craniodental characters found the indaleciid
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C306F9798D6FF966" box="[1028,1117,1711,1735]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Indalecia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a sister taxon to astrapotheres and notoungulates, instead of having a close relationship with
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Litopterna (
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)
</taxonomicName>
. More recently, in a study that included litopterns, kollpanines, and didolodontids, the indaleciid
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C4C2F8FA8D06F8E5" box="[960,1076,1836,1860]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Adiantoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found at the stem of litopterns, being more closely related to them than to didolodontids (
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Kramarz
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C495F8BD8AF1F822" box="[919,963,1899,1923]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. 2021
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). In a different study that also included some early notoungulates, the indaleciid
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFE90D10C3D3F85C8C18F803" box="[1233,1322,1930,1954]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Indalecia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found in a polytomy that includes sparnotheriodontids, protolipternids, didolodontids, and North American phenacodontids (Zimicz
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF70D0EC5EBFF4789B1FF66" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">et al</emphasis>
. 2022). It is important to mention that most of these studies have a relatively limited taxon and character sample, and none of them have included members of all the litoptern families and early members of the various SANU orders (
<tableCitation id="C6923398FFF70D0EC530FEDB8B4EFE84" box="[562,636,269,293]" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="4.[110,165,440,465]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Table 2. Previous phylogenetic analyses that included Litopterna and Didolodontidae. Abbreviations: Ad, Adianthidae; An, Anisolambdidae; As, Astrapotheria; C, cranial; D, dental; Di, Didolodontidae; I, Indaleciidae; K, Kollpaniinae; Ma, Macraucheniidae; Mi, North American Mioclaenidae; No. litopterns, number of uncontroversial litopterns; Nt, Notonychopidae; Nu, Notoungulata; PC, postcranial; Pe, Proterotheriidae; Po, Protolipternidae; Py, Pyrotheria; S, Sparnotheriodontidae; X, Xenungulata" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF6F56ABFFE20D1BC76CFE6E8C76FDA9" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" tableUuid="DF6F56ABFFE20D1BC76CFE6E8C76FDA9">Table 2</tableCitation>
). Therefore, including
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within the order
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can only be considered as tentative.
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<paragraph id="8BAF0623FFF60D0FC783F8C58CA3F88A" blockId="16.[129,1465,1811,1976]" box="[129,1425,1811,1836]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF60D0FC783F8C589EAF88A" bold="true" box="[129,216,1811,1835]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Right upper molars of relevant SANUs. A, P1M3 of the indaleciid
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF60D0FC455F8C58D3EF88A" box="[855,1036,1811,1835]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Indalecia grandensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in occlusal view [PVL 4186 (mirrored)].
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B, crownless P1, and P2M3 of the notonychopid
<taxonomicName id="4C107DA0FFF60D0FC558F8F98A20F8E6" authorityName="Soria" authorityYear="1989" box="[602,786,1839,1863]" class="Mammalia" family="Notonychopidae" genus="Notonychops" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Litopterna" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="powelli">
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF60D0FC558F8F98A20F8E6" box="[602,786,1839,1863]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Notonychops powelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in occlusal view [PVL 4298 (M1M3 mirrored)]. C, crownless and broken M2, broken M1, and P5P2 of the notonychopid
<taxonomicName id="4C107DA0FFF60D0FC599F89A8A06F8C2" authorityName="Bonaparte and Morales" authorityYear="1997" box="[667,820,1867,1891]" class="Mammalia" family="Notonychopidae" genus="Requisia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vidmari">
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF60D0FC599F89A8A06F8C2" box="[667,820,1867,1891]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Requisia vidmari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in occlusal view (UNPSJB PV 944, crownless and broken M2, broken parastyle of M1, and P4P5 (holotype); UNPSJB PV 947, broken M1; UNPSJB PV 945, P2). D, P1M3 of
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF60D0FC3C3F8B18C81F8DE" box="[1217,1459,1895,1919]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Eoastrapostylops riolorense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in occlusal view [PVL 4216 (holotype)]. E, P1M3 of the notoungulate
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF60D0FC428F8528ACCF83A" box="[810,1022,1924,1947]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Simpsonotus praecursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in occlusal view [MLP 73-VII-3-11 (holotype; mirrored)]. FG, unworn M1 or M2 of the notoungulate
<taxonomicName id="4C107DA0FFF60D0FC59FF8498A77F816" box="[669,837,1951,1975]" class="Mammalia" family="Henricosborniidae" genus="Henricosbornia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Notoungulata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF60D0FC59FF8498A15F816" box="[669,807,1951,1975]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Henricosbornia</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
(MACN A 10717) in occlusal (F) and distoocclusal (G) views. H, P2M3 of the astrapothere
<taxonomicName id="4C107DA0FFF70D0EC677F95D8B66F903" authorityName="Ameghino" authorityYear="1897" box="[373,596,1675,1699]" class="Mammalia" family="Trigonostylopidae" genus="Trigonostylops" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrapotheria" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wortmani">
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF70D0EC677F95D8B66F903" box="[373,596,1675,1699]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Trigonostylops wortmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH VP-28700). I, P5M3 of the xenungulate
<taxonomicName id="4C107DA0FFF70D0EC338F95D8DFEF903" authorityName="Paula Couto" authorityYear="1952" box="[1082,1228,1675,1699]" class="Mammalia" family="Carodniidae" genus="Carodnia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Xenungulata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vieirai">
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF70D0EC338F95D8DFEF903" box="[1082,1228,1675,1699]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Carodnia vieirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[cast of DGM 335M, P5M2 (mirrored); cast of AMNH VP-49828, M3 (mirrored)]. J, P5M3 of
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<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF70D0EC447F9718D2CF91F" box="[837,1054,1703,1727]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Propyrotherium saxeum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[AMNH unnumbered (labelled as O3)], right M3 (there is a mesiobuccal portion missing); MLP 55-III-10-1a, right M1 or M2 (duplicated for illustrating M1M2); MACN A 10929 (
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), left P5 (
<typeStatus id="54ABB881FFF70D0EC633F90988A2F956" box="[305,400,1759,1783]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
; mirrored). Relevant anatomical features of the dentition are labelled. More information on the specimens and observations are in Supporting information, File S2. The asterisks mark the hypocone and prehypocrista in notoungulates, as they could potentially not be homologous with the hypocone and prehypocrista in other SANUs, considering a different origin of the hypocone in notoungulates (see more in the Material and methods and in Supporting information, File S2). For information about the tooth position convention, check the Material and methods. Abbreviations: efx, ectoflexus; hy, hypocone; me, metacone; ms, mesostyle; mtl, metaconule; pa, paracone; pcg, precingulum; phyc, prehypocrista; pmlc, premetaconular crista (or crochet in notoungulates); pplc, preparaconular crista; pr, protocone; prl, paraconule; prt, protostyle; ps, parastyle; pscg, postcingulum; psmlc, postmetaconular crista; psprc, postprotocrista. Scale bars equal
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.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BAF0623FFF70D0EC78FFEBD8B33FD9E" blockId="17.[112,763,144,575]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
The earliest member of
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is the Early Eocene
<taxonomicName id="4C107DA0FFF70D0EC773FE5D8808FE02" authorityName="Bond &amp; Vucetich" authorityYear="1983" box="[113,314,395,419]" class="Mammalia" family="Adianthidae" genus="Indalecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grandensis">
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF70D0EC773FE5D8808FE02" box="[113,314,395,419]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Indalecia grandensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Lumbrera Formation,
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(55.046.2 Mya;
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Fernicola
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF70D0EC688FE7D8881FE63" box="[394,435,426,450]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">et al</emphasis>
. 2021
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) and the youngest would be an undescribed indaleciid from the Abanico Formation,
<collectingCountry id="F30746B3FFF70D0EC5C1FE1F8BC9FE40" box="[707,763,457,481]" name="Chile" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Chile</collectingCountry>
(Wyss
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF70D0EC7BAFE3F89D5FDA0" box="[184,231,489,513]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">et al.</emphasis>
1994), which gives the family a temporal interval of 55.0~31.5 Mya (
<figureCitation id="132B1AA6FFF70D0EC630FDDE884CFD81" box="[306,382,520,544]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="7.[113,178,1849,1873]" captionTargetBox="[174,1395,148,1822]" captionTargetId="graphics-9@7.[268,1359,583,1798]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 2. Diversity of litoptern and associated early SANU families expressed as the number of genera.A, pie chart expressing the relative diversity of each family. B, diversity over time of the different families of interest with colours corresponding to the families listed in (A). C, same as (B) but using a smoothing function that averages the different occurrences aiding the eye in seeing patterns. In (A) the number of genera for each family is indicated next to the name between brackets.In (C) the function geom_smooth from the R package ggplot v.3.4, method = loess and span = 0.5 was used.In (B) and (C) apart from the standard Periods, Epochs, and Ages below, the SALMAs are indicated in grey boxes crossing the plots. The Tiupampan and Peligran SALMAs and the Bonaerian and Lujanian SALMAs are taken as only two temporal units instead of four for the plots. The data on taxa and occurrences were taken from Supporting information, Table S1, and the temporal information on SALMAs were taken from Supporting information, File S6. Note that the two genera of amilnedwarsids were not included in this plot.Note that in the Discussion section, we proposed to redefine the families Anisolambdidae and Sparnotheriodontidae as the subfamilies Anisolambdinae and Sparnotheriodontinae of the family Anisolambdidae. Abbreviations: Ba, Barrancan; Bo/Lu, Bonaerian and Lujanian; Cc, Colloncuran; Cd, Carodnia Zone; Ch, Chasicoan; Co, Colhuehuapian; Cp, Chapadmalalan; De, Deseadean; En, Ensenadan; Hu, Huayquerian; It, Itaboraian; La, Laventan; Ma, Marplatan; Mo, Montehermosan; Mu, Mustersan; Ri, Riochican; Sa, Sapoan; San, Santacrucian; Tg, Tinguirirican; Ti/Pe, Tiupampan and Peligran; Va, Vacan." pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
; Supporting information,
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;
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Flynn
<emphasis id="B964DA31FFF70D0EC7B1FDFE89D0FD9E" box="[179,226,551,575]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">et al.</emphasis>
2003
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,
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Fernicola
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2021
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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