Hypsitherium
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Hypsitherium Temporal range: Messinian–Pliocene, 6.8–3 Ma |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Mesotheriidae |
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†Hypsitherium Anaya & MacFadden, 1995 |
| Species: | †H. bolivianum |
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Hypsitherium bolivianum Anaya & MacFadden, 1995 |
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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."
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