Xotodon caravela Armella et al. 2018 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Full reference: M. A. Armella, D. A. García-lópez, and L. Dominguez. 2018. A new species of Xotodon (Notoungulata, Toxodontidae) from northwestern Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(1):e1425882

Belongs to Xotodon according to M. A. Armella et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Xotodon ambrosettii, Xotodon catamarcensis, Xotodon cristatus, Xotodon doellojuradoi, Xotodon foricurvatus, Xotodon maimarensis, Xotodon major, Xotodon prominens, Xotodon smaltatus

Type specimen: PVL 6579, an other (Maxillary fragment and nearly complete mandible). Its type locality is El Molino, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean terrestrial sandstone in Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial grazer

Distribution: found only at El Molino

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