Moqueguahippus glycisma 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

Belongs to Moqueguahippus according to B. J. Shockey et al. 2009

See also Shockey et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUSM 348, partial left mandible bearing p1-3, m2-3, a mandible. Its type locality is Moquegua, Upper Moquega Fm, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Upper Moquegua Formation of Peru.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Peru (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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