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TRIGODON
(tri-go-don)
meaning: "Three part tooth"
Trigodon
Named By: Florentino Ameghino in 1887
Time Period: Late Miocene-Pliocene (Mayoan-Montehermosan)~11.608-4.0 Ma
Location: South America - Solimoes Formation
Size: Exact details unavilable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Notoungulata | Toxodontidae | Haplodontheriinae |
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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--4.0 Ma and existed for approximately 7.61 million years. The type species is T. gaudryi.

It bore a superficial resemblance to a rhinoceros, in that it had a horn on its forehead.

Read more about Trigodon at Wikipedia
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