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Rhynchippus equinus ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8646232https://www.gbif.org/species/8646232
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)187968https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=187968
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notohippidae : Rhynchippus : Rhynchippus equinus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Notohippidae : Rhynchippus : Rhynchippus equinus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSÀve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSÀve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderNotoungulataRoth 1903
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyNotohippidaeAmeghino 1894
genusRhynchippusAmeghino 1897
speciesRhynchippus equinusAmeghino 1897
Generic NameRhynchippus
Scientific NameRhynchippus equinus Ameghino, 1897
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhynchippus equinusspeciesbelongs to Rhynchippusstated with evidenceAmeghino, 1897
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance29.0 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1897. MammifĂ©res crĂ©tacĂ©s de l’Argentine (DeuxiĂšme contribution Ă  la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches Ă  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

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Rhynchippus equinus Ameghino p. 463

References

Ameghino F. MammifĂ©res crĂ©tacĂ©s de l’Argentine (DeuxiĂšme contribution Ă  la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches Ă  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
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