Nesodon Owen 1846 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Synonyms: Acrotherium Ameghino 1887, Adelphotherium Ameghino 1887

Parent taxon: Nesodontinae according to D. A. Croft et al. 2004

See also Ameghino 1887, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1907, Carroll 1988, Lydekker 1894 and Owen 1848

Sister taxa: Adinotherium, Berroia, Gronotherium, Phobereotherium, Probereotherium, Pronesodon, Rhadinotherium, Senodon, Xotoprodon

Subtaxa: Acrotherium karaikense Acrotherium rusticum Acrotherium stygium Nesodon andium Nesodon brachycephalus Nesodon cavifrons Nesodon imbricatus Nesodon limitatum Nesodon taweretus

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Type: Nesodon imbricatus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (31 collections), Chile (6)

• Deseadan of Argentina (1)

Total: 38 collections including 43 occurrences

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