Notohippidae

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Notohippidae Fossil range: early Eocene to late Oligocene
Rhynchippus equinus with Pyrotherium romeroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Notoungulata Suborder: †Toxodonta Family: †Notohippidae Ameghino, 1894
Subfamilies and Genera
†Notohippinae †Argyrohippus †Colpodon †Nesohippus †Notohippus †Perhippidion †Purperia †Stilhippus †Rhynchippinae †Eomorphippus †Eurygenium †Morphippus †Pampahippus †Plexotemnus †Puelia †Rhynchippus incertae sedis †Acoelohyrax †Edvardocopeia †Trimerostephanos

Notohippidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals from South America. Notohippids are known from the Eocene and Oligocene epochs (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

[edit] References

• 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

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