Cadurcodon
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cadurcodon is an extinct genus of amynodont 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]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Amynodontidae |
Genus: | †Cadurcodon Kretzoi, 1942 |
Type species | |
†Cadurcodon ardynensis Osborn, 1924 | |
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