Trigodon

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Trigodon
Fossil range: late Miocene to Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Toxodontidae
Subfamily: †Haplodontheriinae
Genus: †Trigodon
Ameghino, 1887
Species: †T. gaudryi
Binomial name
†Trigodon gaudryi

Trigodon gaudryi is an extinct toxodontid notoungulate. It bore a strong, albeit superficial resemblance to a rhinoceros, in that it had a horn on its forehead. [1]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Long, Michael. Trigodon (with image) (web). The Natural History Museum. Retrieved on 2007-01-15.
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