Heptodon

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Heptodon
Fossil range: Early Eocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Helaletidae
Genus: Heptodon
Cope, 1882
Species
  • H. calciculus
  • H. posticus

Heptodon is an extinct genus of mammal.

Heptodon was 1 m (3 ft 4 in) long and resembled a tapir, though probably lacking the characteristic trunk. Instead it probably had a slightly elongated, fleshy upper lip, like its relative Helatetes.

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