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, . Astrapotheres were large, rhinoceros-like animals and have been called one of the most bizarre orders of mammals with an enigmatic evolutionary history.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Astrapotheria is referenced by 293 other articles, and connects out to Astrapotheriidae, Proterotheriidae and Hegetotheriidae.
Vinony files it under Astrapotheria, Mammal orders and Meridiungulata.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Meridiungulata
- Image
- Astraponotus skull.jpg
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- start time
- 59000000-0
- end time
- 11800000-0
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- order
- Commons category
- Astrapotheria
- taxon name
- Astrapotheria
- topic's main category
- Category:Astrapotheria
- taxon common name
- Астрапотерии
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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, . Astrapotheres were large, rhinoceros-like animals and have been called one of the most bizarre orders of mammals with an enigmatic evolutionary history.
The taxonomy of this order is not clear, but it may belong to Meridiungulata (along with Notoungulata, Litopterna, Pyrotheria and Xenungulata). In turn, Meridiungulata is believed to belong to the extant superorder Laurasiatheria. Some scientists have regarded the astrapotheres (and sometimes the Meridiungulata as a whole) as members of the clade Atlantogenata. However, collagen and mitochondrial DNA sequence data analysed in 2015 places at least the notoungulates and litopterns firmly within Laurasiatheria, as a sister group to the perissodactyls.
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