''Hypsamasia'' is an extinct embrithopod mammal that lived during the middle

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

. Dental remains of this herbivore have been found in the Kartal Formation near the village Saribeylar (, paleocoordinates ) north of

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

in what is today

Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

. ''Hypsamasia seni'' was named in reference to its high crowned cheek teeth (Greek: ''hypsos'', "height"), the type locality (the Roman town and province

Amasya Amasya () is a city in northern Turkey and is the capital of Amasya Province, in the Black Sea Region. It was called Amaseia or Amasia in antiquity."Amasya" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th e ...

), and after Dr Sevket Sen for his important contribution to the paleontology and geology of western Asia. ''Hypsamasia'' differs from ''

Palaeoamasia ''Palaeoamasia'' is an extinct herbivorous paenungulate mammal of the embrithopod order, making it distantly related to elephants, sirenians, and hyraxes. ''Palaeoamasia'' fossils have been found in Turkish deposits of the Çeltek Formation, d ...

'' in its larger size and the highly crowned teeth. Other, unnamed embrithopods have been found in the Kartal Formation. Embrithopods are best known from northern Africa, but their range encompassed Central Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Romania. The Turkish paleoamasiids are older and are therefore assumed to be more primitive.

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* * Embrithopods Fossil taxa described in 1998 Prehistoric placental genera Eocene genus extinctions Eocene mammals of Asia {{paleo-afrotheria-stub