Carolozittelia
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| Carolozittelia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pyrotheria |
| Family: | †Pyrotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Carolozittelia Ameghino 1901 |
| Species: | †C. tapiroides |
| Binomial name | |
| †Carolozittelia tapiroides Ameghino, 1901 | |
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Carolozittelia is an extinct genus of mammals, belonging to the order Pyrotheria. It contains the single species Carolozittelia tapiroides which lived during the Early Eocene. Its fossilized remains were found in South America.
This genus is only known from a few fossil teeth, and its appearance is entirely conjectural. The molars of Carolozittelia were endowed with transversal crests, but traces of tubercles from a primitive quadrituberculate dentition can still be recognized.
