Xotodon

Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Notoungulata
Family:Toxodontidae
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Xotodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–6.8 Ma
Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
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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
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