Hegetotheriidae
Sign in to saveHegetotheriidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Oligocene through the Pliocene of South America. The family underwent many sequential radiation events throughout the Cenozoic, which led to Hegetotheriids being among the most diverse of the Typotheria.
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Hegetotheriidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Oligocene through the Pliocene of South America. The family underwent many sequential radiation events throughout the Cenozoic, which led to Hegetotheriids being among the most diverse of the Typotheria.
== Description == thumb|Foot structure of Hegetotherium|left left|thumb|Skeleton of Pachyrukhos Hegetotheriids are anatomically convergent with caviomorph rodents, possessing hypertrophied (enlarged) incisors. The incisors of Hegetotheriids are also hypsodont, scalpriform and procumbent, indicating a diet of abrasive plants. This is due to the fact that Hegetotheriids, living in the southernmost portions of South America, had a diet consisting of both Neotropical and Andean flora.