Mendozahippus

Name: Mendozahippus.
Phonetic: Men-do-zah-hip-pus.
Named By: E.‭ ‬Cerde�o‭ & ‬B.‭ ‬Vera‭ ‬-2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Notoungulata,‭ ‬Notohippidae.
Species: M.‭ ‬fierensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Agua de la Piedra Formation.
Time period: Late Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including the skull.

       Mendozahippus is a mammal genus that lived in South America during the Oligocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Mendozahippus fierensis,‭ ‬gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬new Notohippidae‭ (‬Notoungulata‭) ‬from the Late Oligocene of Mendoza‭ (‬Argentina‭)‬.‭ ‬- Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬6‭)‬:1805-1817.‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Cerde�o‭ & ‬B.‭ ‬Vera‭ ‬-2010.



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