Astrapotheria
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Astrapotheria is an extinct order of South American and Antarctic hoofed mammals that existed from the late Paleocene to the Middle Miocene, 59 to 11.8 million years ago. Astrapotheres were large, rhi
MEF Astrapotherium
Astrapotherium magnum NT
Astrapotherium magnum skull
Reconstructed skull of Astraponotus sp.
Astrapotherium
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Astrapotherium is an extinct genus of large astrapotherian ungulate native to South America during the early-middle Miocene. It is the best known member of the group. The type species. A. magnum have
Astrapotheria
…eutherian mammals, as well as one of the last known terrestrial vertebrates, found in Antarctica. The most famous member of the order is undoubtedly Astrapotherium, a 3 m (9.8 ft) long elephant-like animal that had lost its upper incisors and developed ever-growing canine tusks. They had lost their anterior…
Astrapotherium FMNH
Carodnia vieirai NT