Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Holotype: UCMP 40199, a partial cranium with left I1-2, P2-4, M1-3 and right P3-4, M1-3, with a portion of the right premaxilla and the internasal margin of the right nasal Etymology: The species name is a combination of two greek components, platy, flat, broad, and gnathus, jawed
Full reference: R. H. Madden. 1997. A new Toxodontid Notoungulate. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 335-354
Belongs to Pericotoxodon according to R. H. Madden 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 40199, a partial skeleton (a partial cranium with left I1-2, P2-4, M1-3 and right P3-4, M1-3). Its type locality is UCMP Locality V5043, La Venta Faun, which is in a Laventan terrestrial sandstone in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (12 collections), Peru (5)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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