Notohippus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Notohippidae |
| Genus: | †Notohippus Ameghino 1891 |
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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[edit]
Notohippus had high crowned teeth with cementum, similar to the situation of grazing equids.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Notohippus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Rose, Kenneth D. The beginning of the age of mammals. JHU Press, 2006.
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-84028-152-1.
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