Carodnia
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| Carodnia Fossil range: Paleocene |
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 Carodnia vieirai
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| Carodnia vieirai |
Carodnia vieirai is an extinct meridiungulate mammal from the Paleocene of South America. It is related to, and possibly given rise to the order Pyrotheria, to which some experts also place Carodnia into, also.
In life, it would have been a tapir-sized animal. It bears strong resemblances to both some condylarths and to dinoceratans (sans tusks and ossicones, that is).
