Nesodon

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Nesodon Temporal range: Early Miocene (Deseadan-Friasian) ~23.03–15.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Nesodon imbricatus skeleton
Nesodon imbricatus skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Family:	†Toxodontidae
Subfamily:	†Nesodontinae
Genus:	†Nesodon Owen, 1846
Type species
†Nesodon imbricatus
Species[1]
N. conspurcatus Ameghino 1887 N. cornutus N. imbricatus Owen 1846 N. taweretus Forasiepi et al. 2014
Synonyms[2]
Lithops Ameghino 1887 Adelphotherium Ameghino 1887 Gronotherium Ameghino 1887 Atryptherium Ameghino 1887 Rhadinotherium Ameghino 1887 Protoxodon Ameghino 1887 Acrotherium Ameghino 1891 Palaeolithops Ameghino 1891 Xotoprodon Ameghino 1891 Nesotherium Mercerat 1891

Nesodon ("island tooth")^[3] is a genus of Miocene mammal belonging to the extinct order Notoungulata which inhabited southern South America during the Late Oligocene to Miocene living from 29.0 to 16.3 Ma and existed for approximately 12.7 million years. ^[4] It had a relatively large size, weighing up to 554 kg (1221 lbs) and reaching 1.5 m in height.^[5]