Lophiodon Temporal range:
Eocene
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Lophiodon sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | † Lophiodontidae |
Genus: | †
Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822 |
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Lophiodon (from Greek: λόφος lóphos, 'crest' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth') [2] is an extinct genus of mammal related to chalicotheres. [3] It lived in Eocene Europe 52 to 38 million years ago, [3] and was previously thought to be closely related to Hyrachyus. [4] [5] Lophiodon was named and described by Cuvier (1822) based on specimens from the Sables du Castrais Formation. [6]
Lophiodon Temporal range:
Eocene
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Lophiodon sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | † Lophiodontidae |
Genus: | †
Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822 |
Species [1] | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Lophiodon (from Greek: λόφος lóphos, 'crest' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth') [2] is an extinct genus of mammal related to chalicotheres. [3] It lived in Eocene Europe 52 to 38 million years ago, [3] and was previously thought to be closely related to Hyrachyus. [4] [5] Lophiodon was named and described by Cuvier (1822) based on specimens from the Sables du Castrais Formation. [6]