Lophiodontidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Middle Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Suborder: †Ancylopoda
Family: †Lophiodontidae
Gill, 1872
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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

  1. ^ Vautrin, Q.; Tabuce, R.; et al. (November 2020). "New remains of Lophiaspis maurettei (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Early Eocene of France and the implications for the origin of the Lophiodontidae" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (6): e1878200. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1878200. S2CID 233680856.


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