Hilalia
Hilalia is an extinct genus of "condylarth" that lived during the Eocene. Fossils of "Hilalia" have been found at Uzunçarsidere Formation in Turkey. It was the last surviving genus of Pleuraspidotheriids, which were previously thought to have gone extinct during the Late Palaeocene. Taxonomy. Four species have been described, differing from each other primarily by size and premolar morphology. Paleoecology. During the Eocene, Turkey is believed to have been an island ecosystem, harboring many taxa that had gone extinct on mainland areas earlier. Living alongside "Hilalia" were embrithopods and various metatherians, such as the predatory "Anatoliadelphys".