Biology:Lophiodontidae

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Lophiodontidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Middle Eocene
Lophiodon sp. - Naturmuseum Senckenberg - DSC02246.JPG
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Suborder: Ancylopoda
Family: Lophiodontidae
Gill, 1872
Genera

Lophiodontidae is a family of browsing, herbivorous, mammals in the Perissodactyla suborder Ancylopoda that show long, curved and cleft claws.[citation needed] They lived in southern Europe during the Eocene epoch. Previously thought to be related to tapirs, it is now thought that they were most likely related to early chalicotheres, although they are distinct from that group.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1869781 entry