Cadurcodon

<i>Cadurcodon</i>

Cadurcodon

Extinct genus of mammals

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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References

  1. [1]
    "Fossilworks: Cadurcodon ardynensis". fossilworks.org.
  2. [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.
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