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Epitherium | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Litopterna |
Family: | †Proterotheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Proterotheriinae |
Genus: | †Epitherium Ameghino 1888 |
Type species | |
†Epitherium laternarium Ameghino, 1888 | |
Species | |
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Epitherium is anextinctgenus ofLitopterna, who belonged to the familyProterotheriidae. It lived during thePliocene inSouth America. The fossils of thisherbivorousungulate were found inArgentina.[1]