Notostylops murinus Ameghino 1897 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notostylopidae

Synonyms: Anastylops vallatus Ameghino 1897, Dimerostephanos chicoensis Ameghino 1902, Entelostylops completus Ameghino 1901, Entelostylops tripartitus Ameghino 1901, Isostylops fretus Ameghino 1902, Notostylops ampullaceus Ameghino 1902, Notostylops aspectans Ameghino 1902, Notostylops brachycephalus Ameghino 1904, Notostylops chicoensis Ameghino 1902, Notostylops complexus Ameghino 1901, Notostylops escaridus Ameghino 1901, Notostylops irregularis Ameghino 1901, Notostylops promurinus Ameghino 1904, Pliostylops magnificus Ameghino 1901

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Belongs to Notostylops according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902 and Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: Catastylops deflexus, Entelostylops cestillus, Eostylops diversidens, Notostylops appressus, Notostylops bicinctus, Notostylops pendens, Notostylops pigafettai

Type specimens:

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (15 collections)

Total: 15 collections including 27 occurrences

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