Morphippus Ameghino 1897 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

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

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Type: Morphippus imbricatus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Flecha ( of Argentina)

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