Edvardotrouessartia

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Edvardotrouessartia
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
~58–45  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Notostylopidae
Genus: Edvardotrouessartia
Ameghino 1901
Type species
Edvardotrouessartia sola
Ameghino, 1901
Species
  • A. solaAmeghino 1901

Edvardotrouessartia is an extinct genus of South American placental mammal that lived during the Middle Eocene of Patagonia. It belonged to the family Notostylopidae, and the order Notoungulata. It is among the many genera of South American ungulates that populated America during much of the Cenozoic, without leaving any modern descendants. [1]

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Etymology

Edvardotrouessartia was named to honor the french zoologist Édouard Louis Trouessart.[ citation needed ]

Characteristics

Edvardotrouessartia is the largest known member of the family Notostylopidae. [2]

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References

  1. Ameghino, Florentino; Torcelli, Alfredo J (1913). Taller de Impresiones Oficiales (ed.). Obras completas y correspondencia cientifica de Florentino Ameghino. Ed. oficial ordenada por el gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, dirigida por Alfredo J. Torcelli. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.24933.
  2. Lorente, Malena; Gelfo, Javier N.; López, Guillermo M. (18 December 2018). "First skeleton of the notoungulate mammalNotostylops murinusand palaeobiology of Eocene Notostylopidae". Lethaia. 52 (2): 244–259. doi:10.1111/let.12310. ISSN   0024-1164. S2CID   135127572.