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Toxodon

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Toxodon Owen
1873Toxodon Scott p. 47
1885Toxodon Ameghino p. 70
1887Toxodon Ameghino p. 30
1894Toxodon Lydekker p. 13
1914Toxodon Rovereto p. 122
1956Toxodon Paula Couto p. 104
1988Toxodon Carroll
2004Toxodon Zurita et al.
2006Toxodon Salles et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
—Eutoxodontia
familyToxodontidae
genusToxodonOwen 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Toxodon Owen 1837
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†Toxodon antiquus Moreno 1888
†Toxodon bilobidens Ameghino 1887
†Toxodon chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Toxodon darwinii Burmeister 1866
†Toxodon excavatus Rovereto 1914
†Toxodon expansidens Cope 1885
†Toxodon gezi Ameghino 1917
†Toxodon giganteus Moreno 1888
†Toxodon gracilis Gervais and Ameghino 1880
†Toxodon platensis Owen 1837
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Invalid names: Toxodon angustidens Owen 1846 [synonym], Toxodon burmeisteri Giebel 1866 [synonym], Toxodon ensenadensis Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Toxodon gervaisii Gervais and Ameghino 1880 [synonym], Toxodon paradoxus Ameghino 1882 [synonym]
†Toxodon protoburmeisteri Ameghino 1887
†Toxodon virgatus Ameghino 1886
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: based on text and carbon isotope values in table 1g
Created: 2009-01-05 17:14:44
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:14:44
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 8.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (81 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Rios) T. platensis (204259)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brazil T. sp. (141848)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. platensis (198862)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uruguay (Soriano) T. platensis (204261)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) T. platensis (204258)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. chapalmalensis (152062 152081 198863)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. chapadmalensis (199154)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Argentina (Mendoza) T. chapalmalensis (232423)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia T. platensis (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) T. platensis (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. sp. (71304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Acre) T. sp. (217836 217853)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) T. platensis (236218) T. sp. (236301)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) T. sp. (71275 71276)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Argentina T. sp. (213493)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Paraiba) T. sp. (71298 236028)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Paraguay T. sp. (71292 191113)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru (San Martin) T. sp.. (151920)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Alagoas) T. sp. (230755)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) T. platensis (236300)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) T. platensis (92814)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) T. sp. (147609)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Argentina (Salta) T. sp. (144517)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Bolivia T. ensenadensis (71322) T. sp. (71323)
Ensenadan - Lujanian1.75 - 0.0117Argentina (Corrientes) T. platensis, T. gracilis (71288)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bolivia (Chuquisaca) T. ensenadensis (70704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. sp. (63335)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) T. platensis (120884)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) T. platensis (203952 203957 203958) T. platensis, T. gracilis (203955)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Cordoba) T. sp. (197916)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Colonia) T. platensis (226121)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) T. platensis (231074)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Chaco) T. gezi (78577) T. sp. (78576 78578 78584)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Corrientes) T. platensis (211638) T. sp. (71289 71290)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay T. platensis (71274 212684)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. platensis (71279 71287) T. platensis, T. burmeisteri, T. paradoxus, T. bilobidens (71303) T. sp. (71314)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina T. sp. (204208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay T. sp. (211646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Canelones) T. platensis (231913)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) T. sp. (71332 71333 71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Guatemala City) T. sp. (71294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) T. sp. (137180)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) T. sp. (191153) T. sp., T. gracilis (192106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) T. sp. (28519 147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) T. platensis (230715) T. sp. (195186)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Alagoas) T. sp. (230760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Formosa) T. sp. (114698)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) T. sp. (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) T. platensis (211308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina T. sp. (216695)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. sp. (71316)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) T. platensis (211645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (São Paulo) T. sp. (67858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. platensis (191127)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) T. platensis (212472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Santiago del Estero) T. sp. (216693)