Xotodon

Xotodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–6.8 Ma
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Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

  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. S2CID 85788431.
  2. ^ Xotodon at Fossilworks.org