Trigodon gaudryi
Sign in to saveTrigodon is an extinct genus of the family Toxodontidae, a large-bodied notoungulate which inhabited South America during the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene (Mayoan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification), living from 11.61 to 4.0 Ma which existed for approximately . The type species is T. gaudryi. It bore a superficial resemblance to a rhinoceros, in that it had a horn on its forehead, and was one of a few horned notoungulates, including Adinotherium and Leontinia.
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Trigodon is an extinct genus of the family Toxodontidae, a large-bodied notoungulate which inhabited South America during the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene (Mayoan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification), living from 11.61 to 4.0 Ma which existed for approximately . The type species is T. gaudryi. It bore a superficial resemblance to a rhinoceros, in that it had a horn on its forehead, and was one of a few horned notoungulates, including Adinotherium and Leontinia.
== Taxonomy == Trigodon is placed within the family Toxodontidae, within the suborder Toxodontia. It is considered closest to Paratrigodon. Historically, the genus Adinotherium was suggested to be ancestral to Trigodon, while others claim Nesodon was the direct ancestor to the genus, though neither hypothesis is thought to be true in the modern day.
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