Notohippus
Notohippus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Family: | †Notohippidae |
Subfamily: | † |
Genus: | †Notohippus Ameghino 1891 |
Species | |
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Notohippus is an extinct genus of notoungulate mammal from the Early Miocene (Santacrucian in the SALMA classification) , , Argentina.[1]
Description[]
Notohippus had high crowned teeth with cementum, similar to the situation of grazing equids.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Notohippus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Rose, Kenneth D. The beginning of the age of mammals. JHU Press, 2006.
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-84028-152-1.
Categories:
- Toxodonts
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Santacrucian
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1891
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric mammal stubs