Biology:Xotodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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| Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Toxodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Toxodontinae |
| Genus: | †Xotodon Ameghino, 1887 |
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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]
References
- ↑ 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:ANTFTL2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ Xotodon at Fossilworks.org
Wikidata ☰ Q8044955 entry
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