Notohippus
Extinct mammal of South America
Notohippus Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian) ~17.5–16.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Family: | †Notohippidae |
Genus: | †Notohippus Ameghino 1891 |
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Notohippus is an extinct genus of notoungulate mammal from the Early Miocene (Santacrucian in the SALMA classification) Santa Cruz Formation, Río Bote, Argentina.[1]
Description
Notohippus had high crowned teeth with cementum, similar to the situation of grazing equids.[2][3]
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Genera of South American native ungulates
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
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