- the
oldest astrapotheres. The latter, with its low-crowned and
lophoselenodont ch**** teeth, is
considered the most
primitive astrapothere. Trigonostylopids...
-
other species of
astrapotheres which lived in the area of the
Southern Cone of the continent. It
differed from
other astrapotheres by
having two lower...
- of
humans into the region.
Though most S****
lived in
South America,
astrapotheres and
litopterns are
known from
Eocene aged
deposits in the Antarctic...
- on the skull, so this
creature had to have a
larger trunk than
other astrapotheres. Most likely, like elephants, this
animal used its
muscular proboscis...
- "Astrapotherium from the
Middle Miocene Collón Cura
Formation and the
decline of
astrapotheres in
southern South America". Ameghiniana. in press.
Archived from the...
- in the
Sarmiento Formation of Argentina,
South America.
Unlike most
astrapotheres,
Astraponotus was
equipped with an
unusually high, short,
narrow skull...
-
abundance of
vertebrate fossils,
including South American native ungulates (
astrapotheres, litopterns, notoungulates), as well as rodents,
xenarthrans (armadillos...
- P.
neivensis lived alongside a m****ive
variety of fauna,
including astrapotheres like
Granastrapotherium and Xenastrapotherium, the
early species of...
- the skull. The
premaxilla shows no sign of
having teeth, as in
other astrapotheres. The jaw
missing the incisors, the
crown of the
fourth premolar and...
- (Marambio) Island, and a re****essment of
previous records of
Antarctic astrapotheres".
American Museum Novitates (3718): 1–16. doi:10.1206/3718.2. hdl:11336/98139...
