Colodon
{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|fossil_range = Late Eocene - Early Oligocene
|taxon = Colodon
|authority = Marsh, 1890
|type_species =†Colodon occidentalis
|type_species_authority = Leidy, 1868
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision_ref = {{Cite web | url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43107 |title = Fossilworks: Colodon}}
|subdivision =
- 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.L. T. Holbrook. 1999. The Phylogeny and classification of tapiromorph perissodactyls (Mammalia). Cladistics 15(3):331-350
Taxonomy
Species of Colodon were originally placed within the genus Lophiodon but were later found to be distinct.{{cite book |last1=Benton |first1=Rachel C. |title=The White River Badlands: Geology and Paleontology |date=2015 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=9780253016089 |page=156}}
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.
Colodon first appeared in the Late Eocene and lasted until the Whitneyan.
==References==
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{{Perissodactyla Genera|T.}}
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Category:Eocene Perissodactyla
Category:Eocene mammals of North America
Category:Oligocene Perissodactyla
Category:Oligocene mammals of North America
Category:Taxa named by Othniel Charles Marsh
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1890
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