Granastrapotherium
| Granastrapotherium Temporal range: Middle Miocene (Laventan) ~ | |
|---|---|
| Reconstructed skull of G. snorki | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Astrapotheria |
| Family: | †Astrapotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Uruguaytheriinae |
| Genus: | †Granastrapotherium Johnson & Madden, 1997 |
| Species: | †G. snorki |
| Binomial name | |
| †Granastrapotherium snorki Johnson & Madden, 1997 | |
Granastrapotherium is an extinct genus of ungulate mammals, described from remains found in rocks of the Honda Group in the Tatacoa Desert, in the Colombian departments of Huila and Tolima, at the Miocene fossil site La Venta. The only species formally recognized is Granastrapotherium snorki (from Spanish, gran, "great"; Astrapotherium, "lightning beast"; and snorkel, breathing tube, in reference to the trunk). Remains found in Bolivia and Peru, seem to belong to Granastrapotherium or a very similar animal.
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