Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Full reference: R. A. Bonini, G. I. Schmidt, M. A. Reguero, E. Cerdeño, A. M. Candela and N. Solís. 2017. First record of Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene of the southern central Andes, NW Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 91(3):566-576
Belongs to Xotodon according to R. A. Bonini et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Xotodon ambrosettii, Xotodon caravela, Xotodon catamarcensis, Xotodon cristatus, Xotodon doellojuradoi, Xotodon foricurvatus, Xotodon major, Xotodon prominens, Xotodon smaltatus
Type specimen: JUY-P 49, a mandible (incomplete mandible with right hor- izontal ramus with all teeth, symphysis with all incisors, and a small fragment of the left ramus without teeth.). Its type locality is Maimará (lower section), which is in a Messinian fluvial sandstone in the Maimará Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial grazer
Distribution: found only at Maimará (lower section)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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