Xotodon

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Xotodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–6.8 Ma
File:Xotodon.jpg
Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1] Fossils of Xotodon have been found in the Ituzaingó, Maimará and Chiquimil Formations of Argentina.[2]

References

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