Rhynchippus

In Depth        Although the name means‭ ‘‬snout horse‭’‬,‭ ‬Rhynchippus was actually a notoungulate,‭ ‬a group of South American mammals completely unrelated to horses.‭ ‬Rhynchippus was actually an early relative to the much larger Toxodon that would appear much later around the Pliocene/Pleistocene eras.‭ ‬The similarity between Rhynchippus and primitive horses like Mesohippus is a case … Read more

Mendozahippus

In Depth        Mendozahippus is a mammal genus that lived in South America during the Oligocene. Further Reading -‭ ‬Mendozahippus fierensis,‭ ‬gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬new Notohippidae‭ (‬Notoungulata‭) ‬from the Late Oligocene of Mendoza‭ (‬Argentina‭)‬.‭ ‬- Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬6‭)‬:1805-1817.‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Cerde�o‭ & ‬B.‭ ‬Vera‭ ‬-2010.