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Hypsitherium

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Hypsitherium
Temporal range: MessinianPliocene, 6.8–3 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Mesotheriidae
Genus: Hypsitherium
Anaya & MacFadden, 1995
Species:
H. bolivianum
Binomial name
Hypsitherium bolivianum
Anaya & MacFadden, 1995

Hypsitherium is an extinct genus of Mesotheriidae that lived 6.8 to 3 million years ago, and is known from the Pliocene of Bolivia. It was a scansorial herbivore, with its name meaning "high beast."[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Hypsitherium". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  2. ^ Anaya, Federico; MacFadden, Bruce J. (December 12, 1995). "Pliocene mammals from Inchasi, Bolivia: The endemic fauna just before the Great American Interchange" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2016-09-24.