Litopterns: Two New Species of Hoofed Mammals in Bolivia (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

Litopterns: Two New Species of Hoofed Mammals in Bolivia

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The animals, which look similar to small moose or deer in a paleoartist's rendering, are being dubbed Theosodon arozquetai and Llullataruca shockeyi, ungulates native only to Bolivia

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Velizar Simeonovski

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