Cadurcodon

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Cadurcodon

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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Cadurcodon
Temporal range: Eocene-Oligocene
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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
Species
  • C. ardynensis
  • C. tuskabakensis
  • C. zaisanensis
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