''Xotodon'' is an extinct

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of toxodontid mammal that lived during the

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( Huayquerian in the SALMA classification) in

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. Fossils of ''Xotodon'' have been found in the Ituzaingó, Maimará and Chiquimil Formations of

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q8044955 Toxodonts Miocene mammals of South America Huayquerian Neogene Argentina Fossils of Argentina Ituzaingó Formation Fossil taxa described in 1887 Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino Prehistoric placental genera