Charruatoxodon fossil map
Where fossils of Charruatoxodon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 3.6–0.774 million years ago (Piacenzian to Calabrian) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Toxodontidae |
| Named by | Ferrero et al. 2022 |
| Fossil records | 2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Uruguay |
| Rock formations | Raigón |
About Charruatoxodon
Charruatoxodon is an extinct monotypic genus of notoungulate belonging to the family Toxodontidae. It lived from the Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene in what is now southern Uruguay. Its remains have been found in the San José member of the Raigón Formation, near Montevideo.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Charruatoxodon (revision 1345377066), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q111271162.
