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RHYNCHIPPUS
(rin-chip-pus)
meaning: "Snout horse"
Rhynchippus
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 |
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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.

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