Mixotoxodon larensis Heteroprox perteneciente al clado Rhabdodontidae

perteneciente al clado Rhabdodontidae

Altura 27 mm

que podía medir hasta 12 metros de largo y pesar alrededor de 7 toneladas

These plates formed a kind of shield that covered much of its body

Mixotoxodon larensis Heteroprox perteneciente al clado RhabdodontidaeMixotoxodon larensis is a genus of extinct notoungulate mammals of the family Toxodontidae that inhabited America during the Pleistocene, living approximately from 1. 8 to 0. 30 million years ago. It was an animal similar to today's rhinos, although it was not related to the latter. It survived and prospered during the great American exchange since it was apparently the only specimen of its genus to leave South America and take advantage of new