Cadurcodon

Cadurcodon; Temporal range: Eocene-Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skull illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Amynodontidae
Genus:	†Cadurcodon; Kretzoi, 1942
Type species
	†Cadurcodon ardynensis; Osborn, 1924
Species
	C. ardynensis; C. tuskabakensis; C. zaisanensis;

Cadurcodon is an extinct genus of amynodont rhino 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]

References[]

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

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[1] "Fossilworks: Cadurcodon ardynensis". fossilworks.org.

[2] Wall, William P. (1980). "Cranial Evidence for a Proboscis in Cadurcodon and a Review of Snout Structure in the Family Amynodontidae (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea)". Journal of Paleontology. 54 (5): 968–977. JSTOR 1304363 – via JSTOR.

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