Hulitherium

Hu-le-fee-re-um.
By Benjamin Gutierrez
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Gutierrez, B. (2012, July 30). Hulitherium. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/hulitherium/

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Name

Hulitherium ‭(‬Huli beast‭)‬.

Phonetic

Hu-le-fee-re-um.

Named By

Flannery‭ & ‬Plane‭ ‬-‭ ‬1986.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Marsupialia,‭ ‬Diprotodontia,‭ ‬Vombatiformes,‭ ‬Zygomaturidae

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

H.‭ ‬tomasetti‭

Size

Roughly estimated at about‭ ‬1‭ ‬meter high at the shoulder,‭ ‬and about‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

New Guinea.

Time Period

Pleistocene.

Fossil representation

Almost complete skull,‭ ‬lower jaw,‭ ‬vertebrae and a humerus‭ (‬upper arm bone‭)‬.

In Depth

       Hulitherium is a genus of diprotodont wombat that lived in New guinea during the Pleistocene.‭ ‬Not much is known about Hulitherium,‭ ‬though the arm structure suggests that this genus was significantly more mobile than other diprotodonts.

Further Reading

Further reading- A new late Pleistocene diprotodontid (Marsupialia) from Pureni, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. – BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics. 10: 65–76. – T. F. Flannery – 1986.

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