page_title: Nesodon
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Nesodon / Classification
caption_attribution_description: English: Reconstruction of the Miocene megatherine ground sloth, Promegatherium nanum with the sheep-sized toxodont Nesodon (C) Stanton F. Fink
context_page_description: Nesodon is a genus of Miocene mammal belonging to the extinct order Notoungulata which inhabited southern South America during the Late Oligocene to Miocene living from 29.0—16.3 Ma and existed for approximately 12.7 million years.
  It had a relatively large size, weighing up to 554 kg and reaching 1.5 m in height.
context_section_description: In 2014, a study identifying a new species of Nesodon, N. taweretus, resolved the families phylogenetic relations. The below cladogram was found by the study:
caption: Promegatherium nanum and Nesodon.
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