Notostylops

Notostylops
Temporal range: early Eocene
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.

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]

References

  1. 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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