Xotodon
| Xotodon | |
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| Xotodon sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Toxodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Toxodontinae |
| Genus: | †Xotodon Ameghino, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| †Xotodon foricurvatus (Ameghino, 1885) | |
| Other species | |
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Xotodon is an extinct genus of toxodontid mammal that lived during the Late Miocene (Huayquerian in the SALMA classification) in Argentina, South America.[1] Fossils of Xotodon have been found in the Ituzaingó, Maimará and Chiquimil Formations of Argentina.[2]
Palaeobiology
[edit]Diet
[edit]The δ13C ratios of Xotodon suggest they were mixed feeders that consumed a range of both C3 and C4 plants.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Nasif, N. L.; Musalem, S. A.; Cerdeño, E. (2000). "A new toxodont from the Late Miocene of Catamarca, Argentina, and a phylogenetic analysis of the Toxodontidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 591. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0591:ANTFTL]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85788431.
- ↑ Xotodon at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Sanz-Pérez, Dánae; Tomassini, Rodrigo L.; Montalvo, Claudia I.; Zurita, Alfredo; Hernández Fernández, Manuel; Domingo, Laura (31 May 2024). "Stable isotope analysis evidences dietary changes in toxodontids (Mammalia, Notoungulata) across the Neogene-Quaternary from Argentina". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. doi:10.7203/sjp.28828. hdl:10261/423795. ISSN 2660-9568. Retrieved 15 February 2026 – via ResearchGate.
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