Patagonhippus dukei López et al. 2010 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Full reference: G. M. López, A. M. Ribeiro, and M. Bond. 2010. The Notohippidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from Gran Barranca: preliminary considerations. The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 143-151

Belongs to Patagonhippus according to G. M. López et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Patagonhippus canterensis

Type specimen: MPEF 6127, a mandible (right dentary fragment with canine, p1-4, m1-3). Its type locality is La Cantera, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Cantera

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