Notohippida ( lat. Notohippidae ) is a family of extinct mammals of the suborder Toxodonta of the order of the neotunuli living in South America . Outwardly, they resembled horses , as well as horse-like South American ungulates of the Litoptern detachment — the diadiforuses and toaterias . Known for the remains of the Eocene and Oligocene [1] .
| † notohippida |
Rhynchippus equinus with Pyrotherium romeroi |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Nadotryad : | † South American ungulates |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Notohippidae Ameghino , 1894 |
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