Huilatherium

Huilatherium; Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Colloncuran-Laventan); ~15.9–11.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Life reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Family:	†Leontiniidae
Genus:	†Huilatherium; Villarroel & Guerrero, 1985
Species:	†H. pluriplicatum
Binomial name
	†Huilatherium pluriplicatum; Villarroel & Guerrero, 1985
Synonyms
	Laventatherium hylei Colwell, 1965 (thesis);

Huilatherium is an extinct genus of leontiniid, a group of hoofed mammals belonging to the order Notoungulata, that comprises other South American ungulate families that evolved in parallel with some mammals of the Northern hemisphere. The leontiinids were a family of herbivorous species comprising medium to large browsers,^[2] with relatively short skulls and robust limbs, somewhat similar to their relatives, the best known toxodontids.

^ Colwell, Jane (1965). A new notoungulate of the family Leontiniidae of the Miocene of Colombia. Master's thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
^ Bond, M. y López, G.M. 1995. Los Mamíferos de la Formación Casa Grande (Eoceno) de la Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina. Ameghiniana 32: 301-309.

[Colwell-1] Colwell, Jane (1965). A new notoungulate of the family Leontiniidae of the Miocene of Colombia. Master's thesis, University of California, Berkeley.

[2] Bond, M. y López, G.M. 1995. Los Mamíferos de la Formación Casa Grande (Eoceno) de la Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina. Ameghiniana 32: 301-309.

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