Notostylops

Notostylops Temporal range: Early-Late Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan) ~48.6–37.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Notostylops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Suborder:	†Notoprogonia
Family:	†Notostylopidae
Genus:	†Notostylops Ameghino, 1897
Species
†N. murinus (type species) Ameghino, 1897 †N. appressus (Ameghino, 1902) †N. pendens (Ameghino, 1901) †N. pigafettai Simpson, 1948
Synonyms
†Anastylops Ameghino, 1897 †Catastylops Ameghino, 1901 †Entelostylops Ameghino, 1901 †Eostylops Ameghino, 1901 †Isostylops Ameghino, 1902 †Pliostylops Ameghino, 1901

Notostylops ("South Pillar Face") is a genus of extinct South American ungulate from the Eocene Argentina. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Sarmiento, Casamayor, Andesitas Huancache and Koluel Kaike Formations.^[1]

In life, Notostylops would have resembled a dog-sized rabbit and is suspected to have browsed on low-growing plants. Notostylops was a generalised animal, likely adapted to a fairly wide range of ecological niches. Its tall skull housed rodent-like incisor teeth. Notostylops was about 75 centimetres (30 in) long.^[2]

References

↑ Notostylops at Fossilworks.org
↑ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 250. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

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