Xotodon

Xotodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–6.8 Ma
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Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Toxodontidae
Subfamily: †Toxodontinae
Genus: †Xotodon
Ameghino, 1887
Species
  • Xotodon caravela
  • Xotodon catamarcensis Lydekker, 1894
  • Xotodon doellojuradi Frenguelli, 1920
  • Xotodon foricurvatus (Ameghino, 1885)
  • Xotodon maimarensis

Xotodon is an extinct genus of toxodontid mammal that lived during the Late Miocene (Huayquerian in the SALMA classification) in Argentina, South America. Fossils of Xotodon have been found in the Ituzaingó, Maimará and Chiquimil Formations of Argentina.

References

  1. ^ Nasif, N. L.; Musalem, S. A.; Cerdeño, E. (2000). "A new toxodont from the Late Miocene of Catamarca, Argentina, and a phylogenetic analysis of the Toxodontidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 591. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0591:ANTFTL]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85788431.
  2. ^ Xotodon at Fossilworks.org


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