| Notostylops | |
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| Notostylops | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Notostylopidae |
| Genus: | †Notostylops Ameghino, 1897 |
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Notostylops ("south pillar face") is a genus of extinct South American ungulates fromEoceneArgentina. Fossils of the genus have been found in theSarmiento,Casamayor,Andesitas Huancache andKoluel Kaike Formations.[1]
Notostylops was a very generalized animal, very similar to first eutherians and ungulates. It would have superficially resembled a marmot or a wombat and is suspected to have browsed on low-growing plants. It was probably adapted to a fairly wide range ofecological niches, but its robustness indicates it had some digging adaptations.[2][3] Its tallskull housedrodent-likeincisor teeth.Notostylops was about 75 centimetres (30 in) long.[4]
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