Synonyms: Eurystomus Roth 1902, Pleurystomus Ameghino 1902, Pseudostylops Ameghino 1901
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429
Parent taxon: Eutoxodontia according to G. Martínez et al. 2020
See also Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902, Carroll 1988, López et al. 2010, Shockey 1997, Simpson 1967 and Wyss et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Argyrohippus, Eurygenium, Leontiniidae, Mendozahippus, Moqueguahippus, Morphippus, Notohippus, Pascualihippus, Patagonhippus, Rosendo, Teushentherium, Toxodontidae
Subtaxa: Eomorphippus bondi Eomorphippus neilopdykei Eomorphippus obscurus
Type: Eomorphippus obscurus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (1)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of Argentina (3)
Total: 8 collections including 13 occurrences
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