Paratrigodon

Paratrigodon
Temporal range: Early Miocene-Late Miocene (Laventan-Chasicoan)
~13.8–7.246 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Toxodontidae
Genus: Paratrigodon
Cabrera & Kraglievich, 1931
Species:
P. euguii
Binomial name
Paratrigodon euguii
Cabrera & Kraglievich, 1931

Paratrigodon is an extinct genus notoungulate belonging to the subfamily Toxodontinae, containing one species, P. euguii.[1] Like its close relative Trigodon, it is known for the presence of a horn-like protuberance on its forehead. Fossils of Paratrigodon are known from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation dating from the Chasicoan period, and teeth from the Laventan-aged Quebrada Honda Fauna of Bolivia were also associated with the genus, although considered too different from the type species to be assigned to it.[1]

  1. ^ a b Croft, D. A. (2007). "The Middle Miocene (Laventan) Quebrada Honda Fauna, Southern Bolivia and A Description of its Notoungulates" (PDF). Palaeontology. 50 (1): 107–113. Bibcode:2007Palgy..50..277C. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00610.x. S2CID 140161482.