Carodnia

Taxobox
name = Carodnia
fossil_range = Paleocene


image_caption = "Carodnia vieirai"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Theria
infraclassis = Eutheria
superordo = †Meridiungulata
ordo = †Xenungulata
familia = †Carodniidae
genus = †"Carodnia"
species = †"C. vieirai"
binomial = "Carodnia vieirai"

"Carodnia vieirai" is an extinct meridiungulate mammal from the Paleocene of South America. It is related to, and possibly gave rise to the order Pyrotheria, into which some experts also place "Carodnia" into, also.

In life, it would have been a tapir-sized animal. It bears strong resemblances to both some condylarths and to dinoceratans (sans tusks and ossicones, that is).