Charruatoxodon Ferrero et al. 2022 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Full reference: B. S. Ferrero, G. I. Schmidt, M. I. Pérez-García, D. Perea, and A. M. Ribeiro. 2022. A new Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the upper Pliocene–lower Pleistocene of Uruguay. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(5):e2023167

Parent taxon: Toxodontidae according to B. S. Ferrero et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Alitoxodon, Dilobodon, Dinotoxodontinae, Hemixotodon, Hyperoxotodon, Mixotoxodon, Morphippus corrugatus, Nesodonopsis, Nesodontinae, Ocnerotherium, Oriadubitherium, Palaeotoxodon, Palyeidodon, Paratrigodon, Pisanodon, Posnanskytherium, Proadinotherium, Prototrigodon, Stenotephanos, Toxodon, Toxodontinae, Xotodon

Subtaxa: Charruatoxodon uruguayensis

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Type: Charruatoxodon uruguayensis

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Arazatí (Pliocene of Uruguay)

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