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Pericotoxodon

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Pericotoxodon is an extinct genus of toxodontid notoungulate, from the Miocene period. Fossils of Pericotoxodon were found near Río Inuya and Mapuya in Peru, and in La Venta, Colombia and Bolivia, in deposits dated to the Middle Miocene.

Etymology

The genus name, Pericotoxodon, is derived from "Perico", which was named after José Espíritu Pericó, who discovered the holotype in the La Gaviota locality from the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Richard H. Madden. "21. A New Toxodontid Notoungulate" (335–354 pp.). In Kay, Richard F.; Madden, Richard H.; Cifelli, Richard L.; Flynn, John J. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics: The Miocene Fauna of a la Venta, Colombia. Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Inc., 2/1/1997.
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Pericotoxodon: Brief Summary

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Pericotoxodon is an extinct genus of toxodontid notoungulate, from the Miocene period. Fossils of Pericotoxodon were found near Río Inuya and Mapuya in Peru, and in La Venta, Colombia and Bolivia, in deposits dated to the Middle Miocene.

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