Rhynchippus pumilus Ameghino 1897 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notohippidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à 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

Belongs to Rhynchippus according to G. G. Simpson 1932

See also Ameghino 1897

Sister taxa: Rhynchippus brasiliensis, Rhynchippus equinus, Rhynchippus medianus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (1), Peru (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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