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Notohippidae

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Notohippidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Late Oligocene
Rhynchippus equinus with Pyrotherium romeroi
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Notohippidae

Ameghino, 1894
Subfamilies and Genera

Notohippinae

Rhynchippinae

incertae sedis

Notohippidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals from South America. Notohippids are known from the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.[1]

References

  1. ^ McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8