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
Parent taxon: Eutoxodontia according to G. Martínez et al. 2020
See also Ameghino 1897 and Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Argyrohippus, Eomorphippus, Eurygenium, Leontiniidae, Mendozahippus, Moqueguahippus, Notohippus, Pascualihippus, Patagonhippus, Rosendo, Teushentherium, Toxodontidae
Subtaxa: Morphippus complicatus Morphippus fraternus Morphippus hypselodus Morphippus imbricatus Morphippus quadrilobus
Type: Morphippus imbricatus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at La Flecha ( of Argentina)
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