Mixotoxodon
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| Mixotoxodon Fossil range: ?early to late Pleistocene[1] |
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| †Mixotoxodon larensis van Frank, 1957 |
Mixotoxodon (mixture Toxodon) is an extinct toxodontid notoungulate, known from a single species M. larensis. Mixotoxodon is the only notoungulate known from outside of South America. Its fossils have been found in both northern South America and throughout Central America.[2] The genus was also one of the last surviving notoungulates, along with related genera such as the better-known Toxodon. The name refers to the fact that Mixotoxodon combines characteristics typical of different toxodontid subfamilies.[3]
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- Cisneros, J.C. 2005. New Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from El Salvador. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, 8(3):239-255.
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
- van Frank, R. 1957. A fossil collection from northern Venzuela. 1, Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata). American Museum Novitates, 1850:1-38.
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