Notostylops
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Notostylopidae |
| Genus: | †Notostylops Ameghino 1897 |
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Notostylops ("south pillar face") is a genus of extinct South American ungulates from Eocene Argentina. Fossils of the genus have been found in the , , and .[1]
Description[]
Notostylops was a very generalized animal, very similar to first eutherians and ungulates. It would have resembled a raccoon or weasel and is suspected to have browsed on low-growing plants. It was probably adapted to a fairly wide range of ecological niches, but its robustness indicates it had same digging traits.[2][3] Its tall skull housed rodent-like incisor teeth. Notostylops was about 75 centimetres (30 in) long.[4]
References[]
- ^ Notostylops at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Croft, Darin. Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys. Indiana University Press.
- ^ Lorente, Malena; Gelfo, Javier; Lopez, Guillermo (2018). "First skeleton of the notoungulate mammal Notostylops murinus and palaeobiology of Eocene Notostylopidae". Lethaia. doi:10.1111/let.12310.
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-84028-152-1.
Media related to Notostylops at Wikimedia Commons
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Categories:
- Notoungulates
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Eocene mammals of South America
- Divisaderan
- Mustersan
- Casamayoran
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1897
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric mammal stubs