Mesotherium
Mesotherium ("Middle Beast") is an extinct genus of mesotheriid, a long-lasting family of superficially rodent-like, burrowing notoungulates from South America. It one of the youngest notoungulates, and the last known member of Typotheria. It was first named by Étienne Serres in 1867, and only contains a single species, Mesotherium cristatum, spanning the Early-Middle Pleistocene.
| Mesotherium Temporal range: | |
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| Skull of Mesotherium cristatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Mesotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Mesotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Mesotherium Serres, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| †Mesotherium cristatum Serres, 1857 | |
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