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HOMALODOTHERIUM
(ho-mal-o-do-fee-ree-um)
meaning: "Even toothed beast"
Homalodotherium
Named By: Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870
Time Period: Mid Miocene (Friasian)~16.3-15.5 Ma
Location: South America
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Notoungulata | Toxodonta | Homalodotheriidae |
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Homalodotherium is an extinct genus of the order Notoungulata, an extinct group of hoofed mammals native to South America. Fossils of Homalodotherium have been found in the Middle Miocene (Friasian in the SALMA classification) Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina and the Rio Frias Formation of Chile.

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