Patagonhippus López et al. 2010 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Full reference: G. M. López, A. M. Ribeiro, and M. Bond. 2010. The Notohippidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from Gran Barranca: preliminary considerations. The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 143-151

Parent taxon: Eutoxodontia according to G. Martínez et al. 2020

See also López et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Argyrohippus, Eomorphippus, Eurygenium, Leontiniidae, Mendozahippus, Moqueguahippus, Morphippus, Notohippus, Pascualihippus, Rosendo, Teushentherium, Toxodontidae

Subtaxa: Patagonhippus canterensis Patagonhippus dukei

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Type: Patagonhippus canterensis

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Cantera (Oligocene of Argentina)

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