Hilalia

Hilalia; Temporal range: Mid Eocene; 48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Condylarthra
Family:	†Pleuraspidotheriidae
Genus:	†Hilalia; Maas et al., 2001
Species
	H. robusta; H. saribeya; H. selanneae; H. sezerorum;

Hilalia is an extinct genus of condylarth that lived during the Eocene. Fossils of Hilalia have been found at Uzunçarsidere Formation in Turkey.^[1] It was the last surviving genus of Pleuraspidotheriids, which were previously thought to have gone extinct during the Late Palaeocene.^[2]

^ Maas, M.C. (2001). "Enigmatic New Ungulates from the Early Middle Eocene of Central Anatolia, Turkey". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (3): 578–590. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0578:ENUFTE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20061987.
^ Métais, G. (2017). "Tarsal morphology of the pleuraspidotheriid mammal Hilalia from the middle Eocene of Turkey". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 62 (1): 173–179. doi:10.4202/app.00314.2016. hdl:1808/25201.

[Maas-1] Maas, M.C. (2001). "Enigmatic New Ungulates from the Early Middle Eocene of Central Anatolia, Turkey". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (3): 578–590. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0578:ENUFTE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20061987.

[2] Métais, G. (2017). "Tarsal morphology of the pleuraspidotheriid mammal Hilalia from the middle Eocene of Turkey". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 62 (1): 173–179. doi:10.4202/app.00314.2016. hdl:1808/25201.

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