Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Full reference: R. Van Frank. 1957. A fossil collection from northern Venezuela. 1. Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata). American Museum Novitates 1850:1-38
Parent taxon: Toxodontidae according to Frank 1957
See also Cifelli and Schaff 1998 and Van Frank 1957
Sister taxa: Alitoxodon, Charruatoxodon, Dilobodon, Dinotoxodontinae, Hemixotodon, Hyperoxotodon, Morphippus corrugatus, Nesodonopsis, Nesodontinae, Ocnerotherium, Oriadubitherium, Palaeotoxodon, Palyeidodon, Paratrigodon, Pisanodon, Posnanskytherium, Proadinotherium, Prototrigodon, Stenotephanos, Toxodon, Toxodontinae, Xotodon
Subtaxa: Mixotoxodon larensis
Type: Mixotoxodon larensis
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), El Salvador (2), Guatemala (5), Honduras (2), Mexico (2), Nicaragua (2), Panama (2), United States (1: Texas), Venezuela (4)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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