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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...
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South American faunas; with marsupials, xenarthrans, litoptern, and
astrapotherian ungulates, as well as
gondwanatheres and
possibly meridiolestidans....
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Astrapotherium ("lightning beast") is an
extinct genus of
large astrapotherian ungulate native to
South America during the early-middle Miocene. It is...
- of
mammals from the
Early Eocene (late
Ypresian age). It is a
basal astrapotherian which lived in what is now
Seymour Island,
Antarctic Peninsula, at that...
- (Colhuehuapian SALMA). The
genus includes some of the
largest and
smallest known astrapotherian, but at
present no
generally recognized description can
adequately characterize...
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Megatherium attained similarly large dimensions. Some of the
largest known astrapotherians weighed about 3–4 t (3.3–4.4
short tons),
including the
genus Granastrapotherium...
- Peru An
astrapotherian Xenastrapotherium aequatorialis Valid Johnson Madden 1997
Early Miocene Biblián
Formation Ecuador An
astrapotherian, a species...
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Albertogaudrya is an
extinct genus of
astrapotherian mammal that
lived in present-day
Patagonia and Salta,
Argentina (25°48′S 65°24′W / 25.8°S 65.4°W...
- It
follows the
Itaboraian and
precedes the
Mustersan age.
Several astrapotherian mammals are
known from this period, such as
Antarctodon and Albertogaudrya...
- 98
million years ago.[clarification needed] The most
derived of the
astrapotherians, they were also the
largest and most
specialized mammals in the Tertiary...
