Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Synonyms: Toxodon angustidens Owen 1846, Toxodon burmeisteri Giebel 1866, Toxodon ensenadensis Ameghino 1887, Toxodon gervaisii Gervais and Ameghino 1880, Toxodon paradoxus Ameghino 1882
Belongs to Toxodon according to A. E. Zurita et al. 2004
See also Ameghino 1887 and Lydekker 1894
Sister taxa: Toxodon antiquus, Toxodon bilobidens, Toxodon chapalmalensis, Toxodon darwinii, Toxodon excavatus, Toxodon expansidens, Toxodon gezi, Toxodon giganteus, Toxodon gracilis, Toxodon protoburmeisteri, Toxodon virgatus
Ecology: scansorial grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (11 collections), Bolivia (4), Brazil (4), Uruguay (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1), Uruguay (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Neogene of Argentina (1)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences
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