Lophiodon
| Lophiodon Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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| Lophiodon sp | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Lophiodontidae |
| Genus: | †Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822 |
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Lophiodon is an extinct genus of mammal related to tapirs. It lived in Eocene Europe, and is closely related to Hyrachyus.[1][2]
Lophiodon lautricense lower jaw and upper jaw fragment at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
References
- ↑ F.V. Hayden Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Volume III. (1883)
- ↑ Alexandra van der Geer, George Lyras, John de Vos, Michael Dermitzakis Evolution of Island Mammals. (John Wiley and Sons, 2010, p. 113-114)