Pericotoxodon Madden 1997 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Etymology: The genus is named for Jose Espiritu Perico Araque, discoverer of the holotype.

Full reference: R. H. Madden. 1997. A new Toxodontid Notoungulate. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 335-354

Parent taxon: Dinotoxodontinae according to R. H. Madden 1997

Sister taxa: Dinotoxodon, Gyrinodon

Subtaxa: Pericotoxodon platignathus

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (12 collections), Peru (5)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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