Mixotoxodon larensis Heteroprox These plates formed a kind

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

ligero y con miembros cortos

la cual se asemejaba a un casco o yelmo

Los motivos exactos de su extinción no están completamente claros

Altura 27 mm

Mixotoxodon larensis Heteroprox These plates formed a kindMixotoxodon 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