Moqueguahippus Shockey et al. 2006 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Full reference: B. J. Shockey, R. Salas, R. Quispe, A. Flores, E. J. Sargis, J. Acosta, A. Pino, N. J. Jarica, and M. Urbina. 2006. Discovery of Deseadan fossils in the upper Moquegua Formation (late Oligocene - ?early Miocene) of southern Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):205-208

Parent taxon: Eutoxodontia according to G. Martínez et al. 2020

See also Shockey et al. 2009 and Shockey et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Argyrohippus, Eomorphippus, Eurygenium, Leontiniidae, Mendozahippus, Morphippus, Notohippus, Pascualihippus, Patagonhippus, Rosendo, Teushentherium, Toxodontidae

Subtaxa: Moqueguahippus glycisma

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Type: Moqueguahippus glycisma

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Peru (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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