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Notohippus
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian)
~17.5–16.3 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Notohippidae
Genus: Notohippus
Ameghino 1891
Species
  • N. toxodontoides (type) 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.[1]

Description

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Notohippus had high crowned teeth with cementum, similar to the situation of grazing equids.[2][3]

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