Hypsitherium Explained

Hypsitherium is an extinct genus of Mesotheriidae that lived 4.0 to 3 million years ago. It is known from the Miocene to Pliocene Inchasi fossil locality in Bolivia. Hypsitherium was a scansorial herbivore, and its name translates to "high beast."^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• B. J. MacFadden, F. Anaya, and J. Argollo. 1993. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Inchasi: a Pliocene mammal-bearing locality from the Bolivian Andes deposited just before the Great American Interchange. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 114(2-3):229-241

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fossilworks: Hypsitherium. fossilworks.org. 17 December 2021.
2. Anaya . Federico . MacFadden . Bruce J. . December 12, 1995 . Pliocene mammals from Inchasi, Bolivia: The endemic fauna just before the Great American Interchange. . Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History . 39 . 9 . 87–140 . 10.58782/flmnh.jxpv7528 . 2016-09-24 .