Simpsonotus
| Simpsonotus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Henricosborniidae |
| Genus: | †Simpsonotus Pascual et al. 1978 |
| Type species | |
| †Simpsonotus praecursor Pascual et al. 1978
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Simpsonotus is an extinct genus of notoungulate mammals in the family Henricosborniidae from the Middle to Late Paleocene of South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Mealla Formation, a fluvial and lacustrine sedimentary unit of the Salta Basin in northwestern Argentina.[1][2] The genus name honors paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson.
Description
[edit | edit source]Simpsonotus had a skull similar to Notostylops, but with a shorter and rounder face. The genus contains two species; the type species S. praecursor,[3] and the double-sized S. major,[4] both described by Pascual et al. in 1978.[5]
Age
[edit | edit source]The Mealla Formation was initially described as Riochican in the South American land mammal age classification, and later as Itaboraian, but after the redefinition of the Itaboraí Formation to Early Eocene, the Mealla Formation is Peligran in age.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sánchez & Marquillas, 2009, p.389
- ^ Narváez, 2009, p.172
- ^ S. praecursor at Fossilworks.org
- ^ S. major at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pascual et al., 1978
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