Rhynchippus

Rhynchippus

Taxobox
name = "Rhynchippus"


image_caption = "Rhynchippus equinus" with "Pyrotherium romeroi"
fossil_range = early Oligocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = †Notoungulata
familia = †Notohippidae
genus = †"Rhynchippus"
genus_authority = Ameghino, 1897
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* †?"R. equinus"
* †?"R. pumilus"

"Rhynchippus" is an extinct genus of notoungulate mammal.

Although its teeth were extremely similar to those of horses or rhinos, "Rhynchippus" was actually a relative of "Toxodon", having developed a horse-like form through convergent evolution. The 1 m (3 ft 4 in) long creature used these to graze. Unlike its relatives "Rhynchippus" had no large tusks; they were the same size and shape as the incisors. Enamel on the molars allowed it to chew tough food.


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