Colodon

Colodon; Temporal range: Late Eocene - Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Helaletidae
Genus:	†Colodon; Marsh, 1890
Type species
	†Colodon occidentalis; Leidy, 1868
Species
	C. angulatus; C. kayi; C. occidentalis; C. stovalli; C. woodi;

Colodon is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals that were related to tapirs of today.²

Taxonomy

Species of Colodon were originally placed within the genus Lophiodon but were later found to be distinct.³

Description

Colodon had small or absent canines and short, broad cheek teeth. The skull had a greatly enlarged narial incision and greatly reduced nasals. Similarities between the skulls of Colodon and true tapirs suggest it may have had a very small trunk as well.³

Colodon first appeared in the Late Eocene and lasted until the Whitneyan.

References

"Fossilworks: Colodon".
L. T. Holbrook. 1999. The Phylogeny and classification of tapiromorph perissodactyls (Mammalia). Cladistics 15(3):331-350
Benton, Rachel C. (2015). The White River Badlands: Geology and Paleontology. Indiana University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780253016089.

[1] "Fossilworks: Colodon".

[2] L. T. Holbrook. 1999. The Phylogeny and classification of tapiromorph perissodactyls (Mammalia). Cladistics 15(3):331-350

[Benton-3] Benton, Rachel C. (2015). The White River Badlands: Geology and Paleontology. Indiana University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780253016089.

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