Biology:Xotodon

Xotodon; Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian); ~9.0–6.8 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
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;

Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

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

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Xotodon Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian) ~9.0–6.8 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
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