Cadurcodon Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fossilworks: Cadurcodon ardynensis. fossilworks.org.
  2. Cranial Evidence for a Proboscis in Cadurcodon and a Review of Snout Structure in the Family Amynodontidae (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea). Wall, William P.. 1980. Journal of Paleontology. 54. 5. 968–977. 1304363. JSTOR.

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