Toxodon platensis Owen 1837 (notoungulate)

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, Lydekker 1894 and Scott 1873

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 (6), Uruguay (5)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1), Uruguay (1)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)

• Neogene of Argentina (1)

Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences

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