Rosendo, Wyss & Flynn & Croft, 2018

Wyss, André R., Flynn, John J. & Croft, Darin A., 2018, New Paleogene Notohippids and Leontiniids (Toxodontia; Notoungulata; Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna of the Andean Main Range, Central Chile, American Museum Novitates 2018 (3903), pp. 1-44 : 17

Rosendo , genus novum

TYPE SPECIES: Eomorphippus pascuali Simpson, 1967 .

DIAGNOSIS: As for the single included species (below).

ETYMOLOGY: Simpson (1967: 185) named his “? Eomorphippus pascuali ” in honor of Professor Rosendo Pascual , a preeminent scholar of South American mammalian paleontology. It is only fitting to build on Simpson’s tribute, naming both halves of the taxon moniker after Professor Pascual.