Mendozahippus Cerdeño and Vera 2010 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Full reference: E. Cerdeño and B. Vera. 2010. Mendozahippus fierensis, gen. et sp. nov., new Notohippidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene of Mendoza (Argentina). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1805-1817

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

See also Cerdeño and Vera 2010

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

Subtaxa: Mendozahippus fierensis

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Type: Mendozahippus fierensis

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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