Cadurcodon

Cadurcodon is an extinct genus of amynodont rhino that lived during the Late Eocene to the Oligocene period. Fossils have been found throughout Mongolia and China.[1] It may have sported a tapir-like proboscis due to the distinct features found in fossil skulls.[2]

Cadurcodon
Temporal range: Eocene-Oligocene
Skull illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
†Amynodontidae
Genus:
†Cadurcodon

Kretzoi, 1942
Type species
†Cadurcodon ardynensis
Osborn, 1924
Species
  • C. ardynensis
  • C. tuskabakensis
  • C. zaisanensis

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Cadurcodon ardynensis". fossilworks.org.
  2. Wall, William P. (1980). "Cranial Evidence for a Proboscis in Cadurcodon and a Review of Snout Structure in the Family Amynodontidae (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea)". Journal of Paleontology. 54 (5): 968–977. JSTOR 1304363 – via JSTOR.
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