Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notostylopidae

Synonyms: Anastylops vallatus Ameghino 1897, Dimerostephanos chicoensis Ameghino 1902, Entelostylops completus Ameghino 1901, Entelostylops tripartitus Ameghino 1901, Isostylops fretus Ameghino 1902, Notostylops ampullaceus Ameghino 1902, Notostylops aspectans Ameghino 1902, Notostylops brachycephalus Ameghino 1904, Notostylops chicoensis Ameghino 1902, Notostylops complexus Ameghino 1901, Notostylops escaridus Ameghino 1901, Notostylops irregularis Ameghino 1901, Notostylops promurinus Ameghino 1904, Pliostylops magnificus Ameghino 1901

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

Belongs to Notostylops according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902 and Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: Catastylops deflexus, Entelostylops cestillus, Eostylops diversidens, Notostylops appressus, Notostylops bicinctus, Notostylops pendens, Notostylops pigafettai

Type specimens:

• Notostylops murinus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina
• Anastylops vallatus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Dimerostephanos chicoensis: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Entelostylops completus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
• Entelostylops tripartitus: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Isostylops fretus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
• Notostylops ampullaceus: Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Notostylops aspectans: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Notostylops brachycephalus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Notostylops chicoensis: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
• Notostylops complexus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Notostylops escaridus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Notostylops irregularis: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
• Notostylops promurinus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
• Pliostylops magnificus: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

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