Morphippus

Morphippus
Temporal range: Middle-Late Oligocene
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Upper dentition of Morphippus imbricatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Notohippidae
Genus: †Morphippus
Ameghino 1897
Type species
†Morphippus imbricatus
Species
  • M. complicatus Ameghino 1897
  • M. fraternus Ameghino 1901
  • M. hypselodus Ameghino 1897
  • M. imbricatus Ameghino 1897
  • M. quadrilobus Ameghino 1901

Morphippus is an extinct genus of notohippid notoungulate that lived during the Middle to Late Oligocene in what is now South America.

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