Hypsitherium
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."
| Hypsitherium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific 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 | |
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