†Pericotoxodon Madden 1997 (notoungulate)
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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
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (12 collections), Peru (5)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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