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Notostylops
Temporal range: early EoceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Notoungulata Suborder: †Notoprogonia Family: †Notostylopidae Genus: †Notostylops
Ameghino, 1897Species - †N. murinus (type species) Ameghino, 1897
- †N. appressus (Ameghino, 1902)
- †N. pendens (Ameghino, 1901)
- †N. pigafettai Simpson, 1948
Synonyms Notostylops ("South Pillar Face") is an extinct genus of South American ungulate from the Eocene.
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 (2.46 ft) long.[1]
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