†Gyrinodon Hopwood 1928 (notoungulate)
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Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Full reference: A. T. Hopwood. 1928. Gyrinodon quassus, a new genus and species of toxodont from Western Buchivacoa (Venezuela). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 84:573-583
Parent taxon: Dinotoxodontinae according to R. H. Madden 1997
See also Hopwood 1928
Sister taxa: Dinotoxodon, Pericotoxodon
Subtaxa: Gyrinodon quassus
Type: Gyrinodon quassus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Venezuela (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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