Notoetayoa

Name: Notoetayoa ‭(‬Southern Etayoa‭)‬.
Phonetic: No-to-e-tay-o-ah.
Named By: J.‭ ‬N.‭ ‬Gelfo,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬López‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Bond‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Eutheria,‭ ‬Xenungulata.
Species: N.‭ ‬gargantuai‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Argentina,‭ ‬Chubut Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Coloradas Formation.
Time period: Palaeocene.
Fossil representation: Partial lower jaw.

       Notoetayoa is a genus of xenungulatan mammal that lived in South America during the Palaeocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new Xenungulata‭ (‬Mammalia‭) ‬from the Paleocene of Patagonia Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Paleontology‭ ‬82‭(‬2‭)‬:329-335.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬N.‭ ‬Gelfo,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬López‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Bond‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.



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