†family Xotodontidae Ameghino 1889 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Xotodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Toxodontia according to F. Ameghino 1889

See also Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Atryptheridae, Eutoxodontia, Haplodontheriidae, Homalodotheriidae, Isotemnidae, Lithops praevius, Nesotherium, Noaditherium, Notohippidae, Pachyrucidae, Periphragnis, Protoxodontidae, Rhadinotherium limitatum, Tembotheridae

Subtaxa: Palaeolithops

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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