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}}

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