Phenacodontidae

Phenacodontidae
Temporal range: Early Paleocene to middle Eocene
Phenacodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Condylarthra
Family: Phenacodontidae
Cope, 1881
Genera

An extinct family of large herbivorous mammals in the order Condylarthra[1].

Dentition shows that species like Pleuraspidotherium and its relatives were probably browsers[2].

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology database
  2. ^ Agusti, Jordi; Anton, Mauricio (2002). Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231116403. .