Hulitherium

Hu-le-fee-re-um.
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Claire Morris

Marine Paleontologist

Claire Morris has dedicated her career to exploring the depths of prehistoric oceans. Her fascination with ancient marine life has led her to discover significant fossils that illuminate the evolution of early sea creatures.

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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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