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Epitherium
Temporal range: Pliocene
~6.8–4 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • E. laternarium Ameghino 1894

Epitherium is an extinct genus of Litopterna, who belonged to the family Proterotheriidae. It lived during the Pliocene in South America. The fossils of this herbivorous ungulate were found in Argentina.[1]

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