Fossil toxodont skeleton
Place Collected(Object)
: South America, Argentina Dimensions:length=300; width=100; height=62 cm
Taxonomy
- Attributes
- Objects
- Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
- Phylum:
Chordata
- Class:
Mammalia
- Order:
Notoungulata
- Family:
Toxodontidae
- Genus:
Toxodon
- SpecificEpithet:
platensis
Object number: ROMVP00407
Gallery Location:Reed Family Gallery of the Age of Mammals, South America, Hoofed Mammals, Toxodon
DescriptionToxodon was a large mammal resembling a rhinoceros – there is even evidence that it had a stubby horn on its nose. It was a notoungulate, the most successful of native South American hoofed mammals. The notoungulate group was extremely diverse and included species as dissimilar in form as living rabbits, rodents and hippos.
