Notohippus
{{Short description|Extinct mammal of South America}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| fossil_range = Early Miocene (Santacrucian)
~{{fossil range|17.5|16.3}}
| taxon = Notohippus
| authority = Ameghino 1891
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- N. toxodontoides (type) {{small|Ameghino 1891}}
}}
Notohippus is an extinct genus of notoungulate mammal from the Early Miocene (Santacrucian in the SALMA classification) Santa Cruz Formation, Río Bote, Argentina.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43386 Notohippus] at Fossilworks.org
Description
Notohippus had high crowned teeth with cementum, similar to the situation of grazing equids.Rose, Kenneth D. The beginning of the age of mammals. JHU Press, 2006.{{cite book |editor=Palmer, D.|year=1999 |title= The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals|publisher= Marshall Editions|location=London|page= 252|isbn= 978-1-84028-152-1}}
References
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Category:Miocene mammals of South America
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1891
Category:Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
Category:Prehistoric placental genera
Category:Austral or Magallanes Basin
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