Cadurcodon

Cadurcodon
Temporal range: Eocene-Oligocene
Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Amynodontidae
Genus: Cadurcodon
Kretzoi, 1942
Type species
Cadurcodon ardynensis
Osborn, 1924
Species
  • C. ardynensis
  • C. tuskabakensis
  • C. zaisanensis
Life restoration

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Cadurcodon ardynensis". fossilworks.org.
  2. ^ Wall, William P. (1980). "Cranial Evidence for a Proboscis in Cadurcodon and a Review of Snout Structure in the Family Amynodontidae (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea)". Journal of Paleontology. 54 (5): 968–977. JSTOR 1304363 – via JSTOR.