Colodon
Extinct genus of mammals
Colodon is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals that were related to tapirs of today.
01Taxonomy
Species of Colodon were originally placed within the genus Lophiodon but were later found to be distinct.
02Description
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.
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- Colodon occidentalis YPM VP 11159 lower jaw phalanx.jpg by Lucien Warren Stilwell, Yale Peabody Museum, CC BY 4.0
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