''Pseudobrachytherium'' is an extinct genus of proterotheriid from the

Late Miocene The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch made up of two faunal stage, stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million ye ...

of Uruguay. It is only known from the type species ''P. breve'', named in 2020 by Corona and colleagues for an almost complete skull found in the greenish pelite of the San Pedro member of the

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, which is Huayquerian in age. The genus name is derived from the similarity to the proterotheriid ''

Brachytherium ''Brachytherium'' is an extinct genus of proterotheriid mammal from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of Argentina. It is represented by the type and only species ''B. cuspidatum'', a taxon named in 1883 by Ameghino for a partial mandible with t ...

'' at first glance, with the species name from the Latin for "short", referencing the short groove on the rear of the second molars.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q111838948 Litopterns Miocene mammals of South America