Mixotoxodon larensis Van Frank 1957 (notoungulate)

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

Belongs to Mixotoxodon according to J. C. Cisneros 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: A.M.N.H. No. 48854, a mandible (symphyseal portion of lower jaws with left I112, right 11-P3, most P4.).

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), El Salvador (1), Guatemala (5), Honduras (2), Mexico (2), Nicaragua (2), Panama (1), Venezuela (4)

• Blancan of El Salvador (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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