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| Description | Notohippidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals from South America. Notohippids are known from the Eocene and Oligocene epochs. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notohippidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notohippidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Notohippidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Notohippidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 42.0 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 13.8 - 11.8 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | herbivore (based on Notoungulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notohippidae |
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| 👁 Image Acoelohyrax ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| 👁 Image Argyrohippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 21.0 Ma Miocene | 21.0 Ma Miocene | |
| 👁 Image Coresodon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | |
| 👁 Image Eomorphippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 48.0 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| 👁 Image Eurygenium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | |
| Interhippus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mendozahippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | |
| 👁 Image Moqueguahippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
| 👁 Image Morphippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Nesohippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Notohippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 17.5 Ma Miocene | |
| 👁 Image Pampahippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| 👁 Image Pascualihippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | |
| 👁 Image Patagonhippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| 👁 Image Perhippidion ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Pseudhippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Rhynchippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
| 👁 Image Rosendo ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| 👁 Image Stilhippus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Trimerostephanos ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | 29.0 Ma Oligocene | |
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Eurygeniops normalis Ameghino, 1897 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Eurygeniops normalis |
| Rhynchippidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rhynchippidae |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1894 | Notohippidae Ameghino |
| 1897 | Notohippidae Ameghino p. 456 |
| 1897 | Eurygeniops normalis Ameghino p. 466 |
| 1902 | Interhippus Ameghino p. 13 |
| 1914 | Rhynchippidae Loomis p. 89 |
| 1945 | Rhynchippinae Simpson |
| 1967 | Notohippidae Simpson |
| 1988 | Interhippus Carroll |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Notohippidae Carroll |
| 1993 | Notohippidae Bond and López |
| 1997 | Notohippidae Shockey |
| 2009 | Notohippidae Shockey et al. |
| 2010 | Notohippidae Cerdeño and Vera |
| 2010 | Notohippidae López et al. |
| 2016 | Notohippidae Deraco and GarcÍa-López p. 2 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| Ameghino F. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)], Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18 4–9, 406-521 |
| Ameghino F. (1902) Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia], Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17, 5-70 |
| Simpson G. G. (1945) The principles of classification and a classification of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85, 1-350 |
| Simpson G. G. (1967) The beginning of the age of mammals in South America. Part II., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 137, 1-260 |
| Bond M., López G. M. (1993) El primer Notohippidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) de la Formación Lumbrera (Grupo Salta) del noroeste Argentino. Consideraciones sobre la sistematica de la familia Notohippidae, Ameghiniana 30 1, 59-68 |
| Shockey B. J. (1997) Two new notoungulates (Family Notohippidae) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (Deseadan: Late Oligocene): systematics and functional morphology, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 3, 584-599 |
| Shockey B. J., Gismondi R. S., et al (2009) Paleontology and geochronology of the Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Moquegua, Peru, American Museum Novitates 3668, 1-24 doi:10.1206/662.1 |
| Cerdeño E., Vera B. (2010) Mendozahippus fierensis, gen. et sp. nov., new Notohippidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene of Mendoza (Argentina), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 6, 1805-1817 doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.520781 |
| López G. M., Ribeiro A. M., et al (2010) The Notohippidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from Gran Barranca: preliminary considerations, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia, 143-151 |
| Deraco V., GarcÍa-López D. A. (2016) A new Eocene Toxodontia (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from northwestern Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 1, e1037884:1-11 doi: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1037884 |
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |