Diadiaphorus
Sign in to saveDiadiaphorus is an extinct genus of litoptern mammal from the Miocene of Argentina (Ituzaingó, Pinturas, Chiquimil and Santa Cruz Formations) and Bolivia (Nazareno Formation), South America.
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Vinony's link graph records 257 inbound references to Diadiaphorus, and connects out to Astrapotheriidae, Proterotheriidae and Hegetotheriidae.
It is catalogued under topics including Austral or Magallanes Basin, Chasicoan and Colloncuran.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Proterotheriidae
- Image
- Diadiaphorus majusculu.jpg
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- Commons category
- Diadiaphorus
- taxon name
- Diadiaphorus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 17500000-0
- end time
- 6800000-00
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Diadiaphorus is an extinct genus of litoptern mammal from the Miocene of Argentina (Ituzaingó, Pinturas, Chiquimil and Santa Cruz Formations) and Bolivia (Nazareno Formation), South America.
== Description == thumb|left|Size comparison between a human and D. majusculus. Diadiaphorus closely resembled a horse, but was only around in body length with a weight , similar to a modern sheep.
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