page_title: Theosodon
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Theosodon / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Life restoration of Theosodon garretorum
context_page_description: Theosodon is an extinct genus of litoptern mammal from the Early to Middle Miocene of South America.
context_section_description: Theosodon was long-legged with a long neck resembling modern llamas or guanacos. It was large for a litoptern, reaching up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) in length and weighing up to 170 kilograms (370 lb).
  It had a long neck and tapir-like, three-toed feet, and like other litopterns and modern horses, tapirs and rhinos, it bore its weight on its middle toes.
  Extraordinarily, rather than having nostrils at the front of its head, Theosodon had its nostrils on the top of its snout, halfway between the forehead and the tip of the snout, and its nostrils pointed upwards rather than forwards, possibly as an adaptation for browsing on prickly vegetation.
caption: Restoration and size comparison
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