Notohippidae
Notohippidae Temporal range: Early Eocene–Late Oligocene | |
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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
†Rhynchippinae
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Notohippidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals from South America. Notohippids are known from the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.[1]
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