Hilalia
Extinct genus of mammal
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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]
| Hilalia Temporal range: Mid Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Condylarthra |
| Family: | †Pleuraspidotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Hilalia Maas et al., 2001 |
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Taxonomy
Four species have been described, differing from each other primarily by size and premolar morphology.[1]
Species
- Hilalia robusta
- Hilalia saribeya
- Hilalia selanneae
- Hilalia sezerorum
Paleoecology
During the Eocene, Turkey is believed to have been an island ecosystem, harboring many taxa that had gone extinct on mainland areas earlier.[3]
Living alongside Hilalia were embrithopods and various metatherians, such as the predatory Anatoliadelphys.[4][5]
