Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notohippidae
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: Notohippidae according to B. J. Shockey 1997
See also Ameghino 1897, Carroll 1988 and Simpson 1932
Sister taxa: Coresodon, Eurygeniops normalis, Interhippus, Nesohippus, Pampahippus, Perhippidion, Pseudhippus, Puelia, Stilhippus
Subtaxa: Rhynchippus brasiliensis Rhynchippus equinus Rhynchippus medianus Rhynchippus pumilus
Type: Rhynchippus equinus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (3 collections), Bolivia (3), Brazil (1), Peru (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 11 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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