Notostylops

Notostylops
Temporal range: Early-Late Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan)
~48.6–37.2 Ma
Notostylops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Suborder: †Notoprogonia
Family: †Notostylopidae
Genus: †Notostylops
Ameghino, 1897
Species
Synonyms

Notostylops ("South Pillar Face") is a genus of extinct South American ungulate from the Eocene Argentina. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Sarmiento, Casamayor, Andesitas Huancache and Koluel Kaike Formations.[1]

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 (30 in) long.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Notostylops at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 250. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.


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