Rosendo pascuali

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Rosendo pascuali
Temporal range: Early Oligocene (Tinguirirican)
~33  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Notohippidae
Genus: Rosendo
Wyss et al., 2018
Species:
R. pascuali
Binomial name
Rosendo pascuali
Simpson, (1967)
Synonyms

Eomorphippus pascualiSimpson, 1967

Rosendo is an extinct genus of notohippid notoungulates that lived during the Early Oligocene in what is now Argentina and Chile. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Sarmiento Formation and the Abanico Formations of Argentina and Chile.

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Description

Rosendo was approximately the size of a goat, albeit with a more robust build. It had a heavy and sturdy skull, with a relatively short muzzle. The dentition was characterized by high-crowned (hypsodont) incisors, posterior premolars and molars. The teeth lacked have cementum. The upper incisors were slightly protruding forward. The third upper incisor was wider than the other two, while the fourth premolar was more molariform than the other premolars, but devoid of a distinct hypocone. The upper molars had hypocones, with a variable but generally deep fissure separating them from the protocones. The fissure was blocked by the medial projection of a hooked structure. Apart from the permanent major fossa, the other fossae are erased with wear. [1]

Taxonomy

The genus Rosendo was first described in 2018 by André R. Wyss, based on fossil remains found in Patagonia, in deposits dated to the Early Oligocene. The type species is Rosendo pascuali, whose fossils have also been found in the Sarmiento Formation of Chubut Province, Argentina, as well as the Abanico Formation of Chile. [2] Historically, the genus was originally attributed to the genus Eomorphippus in 1967, described by George Gaylord Simpson, [3] but was subsequently found to be a distinct genus in 2018. [1]

Rosendo is a toxodont, a clade of notoungulates, that developed a remarkable diversity of forms during the Cenozoic. Eomorphippus has been historically included within the family Notohippidae, which included several genera whose hypsodont teeth were similar to those of horses. This family, however, is no longer considered monophyletic. [4]

The following position of the Toxodontia is based on Martínez et al. 2021, showing the position of Rosendo. [4]

Toxodontia

Pluerostylodon modicus

Anisotemnus distentus

Periphragnis harmeri

Thomashuxleya externa

Pampahippus arenalesi

Plexotemnus complicatissimus

Puelia coarctatus

Pampahippus secundus

Pampahippus powelli

Pampatemnus infernalis

Homalodotheriidae

Homalodotherium cunninghami

Asmodeus osbornii

Eutoxodontia
Leontiniidae

Gualta cuyana

Coquenia bondi

Leontinia gaudryi

Scarrittia canquelensis

Pascualihippus boliviensis

Eomorphippus bondi

Eomorphippus obscurus

Rosendo pascuali

Eomorphippus neilopdykei

Morphippus imbricatus

Eurygenium latirostris

Eurygenium pacegnum

Patagonhippus canterensis

Patagonhippus dukei

Teushentherium camaronensis

Mendozahippus fierensis

Rhynchippus pumilus

Rhynchippus equinus

Rhynchippus brasiliensis

Moqueguahippus glycisma

Argyrohippus fraterculus

Argyrohippus praecox

Notohippus toxodontoides

Toxodontidae

Adinotherium ovinum

Nesodon imbricatus

Toxodon platensis

Posnanskytherium desaquaderoi

"Isotemnidae"
Paranotohippids
"Isotemnidae"
"Notohippidae"

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References

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  4. 1 2 Martínez, Gastón; Dozo, María T.; Gelfo, Javier N.; Ciancio, Martín R.; González-José, Rolando (2021-02-11). "A new toxodont (Mammalia, Panperissodactyla, Notoungulata) from the Oligocene of Patagonia, Argentina, and systematic considerations on the paraphyletic 'Notohippidae'". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (24): 1995–2013. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1872723. ISSN   1477-2019. S2CID   232116246.