Hypsitherium

Hypsitherium; Temporal range: Messinian–Pliocene (Montehermosan-Chapadmalalan); ~6.8–3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
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 Miocene to Pliocene of Bolivia. It was a scansorial herbivore, with its name meaning "high beast."^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Fossilworks: Hypsitherium". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
↑ 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.

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[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.