Xotodon

Xotodon
Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Toxodontidae
Subfamily: Toxodontinae
Genus: Xotodon
Ameghino, 1887
Species
  • X. catamarcensis
  • X. foricurvatus

Xotodon is an extinct genus of toxodontid mammal that lived during the late Pliocene in South America.[1]

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.
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