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thumb| Tooth paratype of Cadurcotherium nouleti – [[MHNT]] thumb|Zaisanamynodon protheroi

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thumb| Tooth paratype of Cadurcotherium nouleti – [[MHNT]] thumb|Zaisanamynodon protheroi

Amynodontidae ("defensive tooth") is a family of extinct perissodactyls related to true rhinoceroses. They are commonly portrayed as semiaquatic hippo-like rhinos but this description only fits members of the Metamynodontini; other groups of amynodonts like the cadurcodontines had more typical ungulate proportions and convergently evolved a tapir-like proboscis.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amynodontidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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