Notostylops
Notostylops Temporal range: early Eocene | |
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Notostylops | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Suborder: | †Notoprogonia |
Family: | †Notostylopidae |
Genus: | †Notostylops Ameghino, 1897 |
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Notostylops ("South Pillar Face") is a genus of extinct 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 (30 in) long.[1]
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