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Helaletes
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helaletes is a genus of an extinct perissodactyls closely related to tapirs. Fossils have been found in North America.
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Helaletes | |
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H. nanus skeleton | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Helaletidae |
Genus: | †Helaletes Marsh, 1872 |
Species: | †H. nanus |
Binomial name | |
†Helaletes nanus Marsh, 1871 | |
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