| Xiphodontidae Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene |
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| Restoration of Xiphodon gracilis from 1863 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Tylopoda |
| Family: | †Xiphodontidae |
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†Dichodon |
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Xiphodontidae is an extinct family of even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla), endemic to Europe during the Eocene 40.4—33.9 Ma, existing for approximately 6.5 million years.[1]. They were, most likely, all terrestrial herbivores.
Xiphodontidae was named by Flower (1883). It was assigned to Artiodactyla by Cope (1889); to Xiphodontoidea by Hooker (1986); and to Tylopoda by Carroll (1988).[2][3]