Toxodontia

Toxodontia; Temporal range:
	Mixotoxodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Suborder:	†Toxodontia
Families
	†Homalodotheriidae; †Isotemnidae (paraphyletic); †Eutoxodontia †Leontiniidae; †Notohippidae (paraphyletic); †Toxodontidae; ;

Toxodontia is a suborder of the meridiungulate order Notoungulata. Most of the members of the five included families, including the largest notoungulates, share several dental, auditory and tarsal specializations. The group is named after Toxodon, the first example of the group to be discovered by science.

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