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Moqueguahippus fossil map

Where fossils of Moqueguahippus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 30 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 30 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived29–21 million years ago (Rupelian to Aquitanian)
PeriodsPaleogene, Neogene
Named byShockey et al. 2006
Fossil records8 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB)
Found inPeru
Rock formationsUpper Moquegua

About Moqueguahippus

Moqueguahippus is an extinct genus of notohippid notoungulates that lived during the Late Oligocene of what is now Peru. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Moquegua Formation of Peru, which it was named after.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Moqueguahippus (revision 1348544678), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q114899371.

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