Trigodon
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| Genus: | †Trigodon Ameghino, 1887
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| Species: | †T. gaudryi
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| †Trigodon gaudryi | |
Trigodon gaudryi is an extinct species of the family Toxodontidae, a large bodied notoungulate which inhabited South America during the Miocene living from 11.61—7.25 Ma and existed for approximately 4.36 million years.[1]
It bore a strong, albeit superficial resemblance to a rhinoceros, in that it had a horn on its forehead.[2]
Fossil distribution
- Solimoes Formation, Acre Province, Brazil, eastern slope of Andes Mountains.[3]
References
- ^ Paleobiology Database: Trigodon gaudryi, Basic info.
- ^ Long, Michael. "Trigodon (with image)" (web). The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ J. B. Villanueva, C. Muizon, and J. P. Souza Filho. 1990. Novos achados de cetaceos longirrostros no Neogeno do Acre, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Ciencias da Terra 2:59-64
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