Hypsitherium

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = Pliocene (Chapadmalalan)
~{{Fossilrange|4.0|3.0}}

| genus = Hypsitherium

| parent_authority = Anaya & MacFadden 1995

| species = bolivianum

| authority = Anaya & MacFadden 1995

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Hypsitherium is an extinct genus of Mesotheriidae that lived 4.0 to 3 million years ago. It is known from the Miocene to Pliocene Inchasi fossil locality in Bolivia. Hypsitherium was a scansorial herbivore, and its name translates to "high beast."{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=297023|title=Fossilworks: Hypsitherium|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Anaya |first1=Federico |last2=MacFadden |first2=Bruce J. |date=December 12, 1995 |title=Pliocene mammals from Inchasi, Bolivia: The endemic fauna just before the Great American Interchange. |url=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/files/6714/7181/1712/Vol-39-No-3.PDF |journal=Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History |volume=39 |issue=9 |pages=87–140 |doi=10.58782/flmnh.jxpv7528 |access-date=2016-09-24 }}