- the most
diverse and last
surviving families. The body
forms of many
litopterns,
notably in the limb and
skull structure, are
broadly similar to those...
-
similar to
equivalent South American faunas; with marsupials, xenarthrans,
litoptern, and
astrapotherian ungulates, as well as
gondwanatheres and possibly...
- and the
litopterns, were the only
groups to
persist beyond the mid Miocene. Only a few of the
largest species of
notoungulates and
litopterns survived...
-
sequence analysis suggests that
notoungulates are
closely related to
litopterns,
another group of
South American ungulates, and
their closest living relatives...
-
Theosodon is an
extinct genus of
litoptern mammal from the
Early to
Middle Miocene of
South America.
Theosodon was long-legged with a long neck resembling...
- Gelfo;
Alejandro Kramarz (2014). "Ancient
protein sequencing Resolves litoptern and
notoungulate superordinal affinities". The
History of Life: A View...
- been
described as
similar to a camel,
being one of the
largest known litopterns, with an
estimated body m**** of
around 1 tonne. The
genus gives its name...
-
contain the
somewhat tapir-like
pyrotheres and astrapotheres, the
mesaxonic litopterns and the
diverse notoungulates. As a whole,
meridiungulates were said to...
-
proboscideans were different, and
native ungulates such as
toxodonts and
litopterns were
completely unfamiliar, yet S. po****tor
thrived as well
there as...
- "Megalania" (Var**** priscus),
Glyptodon Macrauchenia was the last and
largest litoptern, an
order of
extinct South American native ungulates.
American lions (Panthera...
