Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Parent taxon: Toxodontidae according to L. O. Salles et al. 2006
See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1887, Carroll 1988, Lydekker 1894, Paula Couto 1956, Rovereto 1914, Scott 1873 and Zurita et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Alitoxodon, Charruatoxodon, Dilobodon, Dinotoxodontinae, Hemixotodon, Hyperoxotodon, Mixotoxodon, Morphippus corrugatus, Nesodonopsis, Nesodontinae, Ocnerotherium, Oriadubitherium, Palaeotoxodon, Palyeidodon, Paratrigodon, Pisanodon, Posnanskytherium, Proadinotherium, Prototrigodon, Stenotephanos, Toxodontinae, Xotodon
Subtaxa: Toxodon antiquus Toxodon bilobidens Toxodon chapalmalensis Toxodon darwinii Toxodon excavatus Toxodon expansidens Toxodon gezi Toxodon giganteus Toxodon gracilis Toxodon platensis Toxodon protoburmeisteri Toxodon virgatus
Ecology: scansorial grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (30 collections), Bolivia (5), Brazil (25), Guatemala (1), Paraguay (2), Peru (1), Uruguay (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (2), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (4)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Neogene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1)
Total: 80 collections including 86 occurrences
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