Cannabaceae

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Characteristics[edit]

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

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