Named By: | Florentino Ameghino in 1897 |
Time Period: | Late Oligocene (Deseadan)~28.4-23.03 Ma |
Location: | South America |
Size: | About 1 meter long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Several specimens |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Notoungulata | Notohippidae | |
Rhynchippus is an extinct genus of notoungulate mammal from Late Oligocene (Deseadan in the SALMA classification) South America. Fossils of Rhynchippus have been found in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina, the Salla and Petaca Formations of Bolivia, and in Brazil.