Huilatherium
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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,[2] with relatively short skulls and robust limbs, somewhat similar to their relatives, the best known toxodontids.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Family: | †Leontiniidae |
Genus: | †Huilatherium Villarroel & Guerrero, 1985 |
Species: | †H. pluriplicatum |
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†Huilatherium pluriplicatum Villarroel & Guerrero, 1985 | |
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