Huilatherium
Sign in to saveHuilatherium is an extinct genus of leontiniid, a group of hoofed mammals belonging to the order Notoungulata, that comprises other South American ungulate families that evolved in parallel with some mammals of the Northern hemisphere. The leontiinids were a family of herbivorous species comprising medium to large browsers, with relatively short skulls and robust limbs, somewhat similar to their relatives, the best known toxodontids.
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It is catalogued under topics including Colloncuran, Fossils of Colombia and Fossil taxa described in 1985.
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Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Leontiniidae
- Image
- Huilatherium pluriplicatum.jpg
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- taxon name
- Huilatherium
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Huilatherium
- start time
- 15900000-0
- end time
- 11800000-0
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Huilatherium is an extinct genus of leontiniid, a group of hoofed mammals belonging to the order Notoungulata, that comprises other South American ungulate families that evolved in parallel with some mammals of the Northern hemisphere. The leontiinids were a family of herbivorous species comprising medium to large browsers, with relatively short skulls and robust limbs, somewhat similar to their relatives, the best known toxodontids.
== Etymology == The name Huilatherium means "Beast from Huila".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huilatherium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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