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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, 59 to 11.8...
- South American faunas; with marsupials, xenarthrans, litoptern, and astrapotherian ungulates, as well as gondwanatheres and possibly meridiolestidans....
- at that moment still connected to South America where most of the astrapotherians were found. The holotype and only specimen MLP 08-XI-30-1, an isolated...
- Megatherium attained similarly large dimensions. Some of the largest known astrapotherians weighed about 3–4 t (3.3–4.4 short tons), including the genus Granastrapotherium...
- 98 million years ago.[clarification needed] The most derived of the astrapotherians, they were also the largest and most specialized mammals in the Tertiary...
- Astrapotherium ("lightning beast") is an extinct genus of large astrapotherian ungulate native to South America during the early-middle Miocene. It is...
- they mostly agreed to distinguish the genus from other groups of astrapotherians. The following species have been recognised: Parastrapotherium cingulatum...
- Bond Kramarz et al. Late Ypresian La Meseta Formation  Antarctica An astrapotherian. Arazamys Gen. et sp. nov Valid Rinderknecht, Bostelmann & Ubilla Late...
- Comahuetherium is an extinct genus of astrapotherian mammal from the Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian age). It is a basal astrapotheriid which lived in what...
-  Peru An astrapotherian Xenastrapotherium aequatorialis Valid Johnson Madden 1997 Early Miocene Biblián Formation  Ecuador An astrapotherian, a species...