Definition of Toxodon. Meaning of Toxodon. Synonyms of Toxodon

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Definition of Toxodon

Toxodon
Toxodon Tox"o*don, n. [Gr. to`xon a bow + ?, ?, a tooth.] (Paleon.) A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.

Meaning of Toxodon from wikipedia

- Toxodon (meaning "bow tooth" in reference to the curvature of the teeth) is an extinct genus of large ungulate native to South America from the Pliocene...
- Mixotoxodon ("mixture Toxodon") is an extinct genus of notoungulate of the family Toxodontidae inhabiting South America, Central America and parts of...
- Mylodon, Glossotherium Lestodon and Catonyx, the rhinoceros like ungulate Toxodon, the camel-like Macrauchenia, the gomphothere (elephant-relative) Notiomastodon...
- m**** of approximately 1–2 kilograms (2.2–4.4 lb), while the toxodontid Toxodon is suggested to have had a body m**** exceeding 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb)...
- ungulates) Meridiungulata (Collagen sequences found in Macrauchenia and Toxodon indicate this to be the sister taxon to perissodactyls, though in recent...
- could be a form of Pleistocene rewilding project, replacing species like Toxodon that became extinct in prehistoric times, but Pleistocene rewilding itself...
- unknown Scelidotherium and a hippopotamus-sized rodent-like skull named Toxodon resembling a giant capybara. The armour fragments were actually from Glyptodon...
- representative is Toxodon. (Some remains found in Brazil have been re****igned to Piauhytherium.) Piauhytherium was very similar to Toxodon, but is differentiated...
- large herbivorous mammals have been discovered, including toxodonts like Toxodon platensis, glyptodonts, ground sloths, and litopterns such as Macrauchenia...
- dental, auditory and tarsal specializations. The group is named after Toxodon, the first example of the group to be discovered by science. Isotemnidae...