| Palyeidodon Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Notoungulata |
| Family: | † Toxodontidae |
| Genus: | † Palyeidodon Roth, 1898 |
| Species: | †P. obtusum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Palyeidodon obtusum Roth, 1898 | |
Palyeidodon is an extinct genus of mammal belonging to the family Toxodontidae, from the Miocene of Argentina. It contains the single species Palyeidodon obtusum. [1] [2]
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