Litopterna

Litopterna Temporal range: Paleocene–Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeleton of Macrauchenia (Macraucheniidae)
Skeleton of Diadiaphorus (Proterotheriidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Panperissodactyla
Order:	†Litopterna Ameghino 1889
Subgroups
†Didolodontidae? †Notonychopidae †Protolipternidae †Sparnotheriodontidae †Indaleciidae †Lopholipterna †Proterotherioidea †Proterotheriidae †Macrauchenioidea †Adianthidae †Macraucheniidae

Litopterna (from Ancient Greek: λῑτή πτέρνα "smooth heel") is an extinct order of South American native ungulates that lived from the Paleocene to the Pleistocene-Holocene around 62.5 million to 12,000 years ago (or possibly as late as 3,500 years ago), and were also present in Antarctica during the Eocene. They represent the second most diverse group of South American ungulates after Notoungulata.^[1] It is divided into nine families, with Proterotheriidae and Macraucheniidae being the most diverse and last surviving families.^[2]