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Astrapotherium Magnum Skull
''Astrapotherium'' ("lightning beast") is an extinct genus of large Astrapotheria, astrapotherian ungulate native to South America during the early-middle Miocene. It is the best known member of the group. The type species. ''A. magnus'' have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina. Other fossils have been found in the Deseado Formation, Deseado, Sarmiento Formation, Sarmiento, and Aisol Formations of Argentina and Chile (Cura-Mallín Group).''Astrapotherium'' at Fossilworks.org Description 
''Astrapotherium'' had an elongated body, with a total length around , a weigh ...
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Hermann Burmeister
Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botany, botanist, and coleopterologist. He served as a professor at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, University of Halle, headed the museum there and published the ''Handbuch der Entomologie'' (1832–1855) before moving to Argentina where he worked until his death. Career Burmeister was born in Stralsund, where his father was a customs officer. He studied medicine at University of Greifswald, Greifswald (1825–1827) and Halle (Saale), Halle (1827–1829), and in 1830 went to Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin to qualify himself to be a teacher of natural history. His dissertation was titled ''De insectorum systemate naturali'' and graduated as a doctor of medicine on November 4, 1829 and then received a doctor of philosophy on December 19 in the same year. He then joined for military ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrapotherium Canine
''Astrapotherium'' ("lightning beast") is an extinct genus of large Astrapotheria, astrapotherian ungulate native to South America during the early-middle Miocene. It is the best known member of the group. The type species. ''A. magnus'' have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina. Other fossils have been found in the Deseado Formation, Deseado, Sarmiento Formation, Sarmiento, and Aisol Formations of Argentina and Chile (Cura-Mallín Group).''Astrapotherium'' at Fossilworks.org Description
''Astrapotherium'' had an elongated body, with a total length around , a weigh ...
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