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Hypsitherium






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Hypsitherium
Temporal range: Pliocene (Chapadmalalan)
~4.0–3.0 Ma

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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 4.0 to 3 million years ago. It is known from the Miocene to Pliocene Inchasi fossil locality in Bolivia. Hypsitherium was a scansorial herbivore, and its name translates to "high beast."[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Hypsitherium". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  • ^ 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. 39 (9): 87–140. doi:10.58782/flmnh.jxpv7528. Retrieved 2016-09-24.

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