Colodon
Colodon is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals that were related to tapirs of today.[1]
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| Genus: | Colodon |
| Species: | C. occidentalis |
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| Colodon occidentalis (Leidy, 1868) | |
Taxonomy
Species of Colodon include the type species C. occidentalis, C. kayi, C. woodi, C. angulatus, and C. stovalli.[2]
References
- L. T. Holbrook. 1999. The Pphylogeny and classification of tapiromorph perissodactyls (Mammalia). Cladistics 15(3):331-350 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
- "Fossilworks: Colodon".
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