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Thoatherium
Extinct genus of litopterns / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thoatherium (meaning "active swift-beast") is an extinct genus of litoptern mammals from the Early Miocene of Argentina. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina.[1]
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Thoatherium | |
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1901 T. minusculum skeletal illustration | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Litopterna |
Family: | †Proterotheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Proterotheriinae |
Genus: | †Thoatherium Ameghino 1887 |
Type species | |
†Thoatherium minusculum Ameghino, 1887 | |
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Genus synonymy
T. minisculum
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