Plagiolophus (animal)

Plagiolophus
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Pachynolophidae
Genus: Plagiolophus
Pomel, 1847
Plagiolophus annectens mandible

Plagiolophus is an extinct genus of herbivore.[1] The genus Plagiolophus is documented, almost solely in Western Europe, from the middle Eocene up to the mid Oligocene. The genus displays a wide range in size and weight (between 10 and 150 kg).[2]

References

  1. Joomun, S. C.; Hooker, J. J.; Collinson, M. E. (2010). "Changes in dental wear ofPlagiolophus minor(Mammalia: Perissodactyla) across the Eocene–Oligocene transition". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (2): 563. doi:10.1080/02724631003618124.
  2. http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17881629