Mendozahippus is an extinct genus of notohippid notoungulate which existed in Mendoza, Argentina, during the late Oligocene.[1] Fossils are known from the site of Quebrada Fiera of the Agua de la Piedra Formation and includes a complete skull and two associated metatarsals, two maxillary fragments and five isolated upper teeth. It was first named by Esperanza Cerdeño and Bárbara Vera in 2010 and the type species is Mendozahippus fierensis.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Notohippidae |
| Genus: | †Mendozahippus Cerdeño and Vera, 2010 |
| Species: | †M. fierensis
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| †Mendozahippus fierensis Cerdeño & Vera, 2010
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References
edit- ^ a b Esperanza Cerdeño and Bárbara Vera (2010). "Mendozahippus fierensis, gen. et sp. nov., new Notohippidae (Notoungulata) from the late Oligocene of Mendoza (Argentina)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (6): 1805–1817. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1805C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.520781. S2CID 84537425.
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