Eggysodontidae

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Eggysodontidae
Temporal range: Oligocene, 34–23.03 Ma
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Allacerops turgaica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Rhinocerotoidea
Family: †Eggysodontidae
Breuning, 1923
Genera

Eggysodontidae is a family of perissodactyls closely related to rhinoceroses. Fossils have been found in Oligocene deposits in Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China, and Mongolia.[1]

Taxonomy[]

The family Eggysodontidae has been at times considered a subfamily of Hyracodontidae, as Eggysodontinae, by several authors.[2][3][4][5] However, recent analyses have leaned towards recognizing eggysodonts as a distinct family more closely related to crown Rhinocerotoidea than to hyracodonts or paraceratheres.[6][7][8]

Biology[]

Eggysodonts were ground-dwelling browsers, being largely the size of dogs.

References[]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Eggysodontidae". fossilworks.org.
  2. ^ Radinsky, L. B., 1967. The families of the Rhinocerotoidea (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). J Mammal 47, 631–639.
  3. ^ Uhlig U 1999. Die Rhinocerotoidea (Mammalia) aus der unteroligozänen Spaltenfüllung Möhren 13 bei Treuchtlingen in Bayern. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschafen, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Neue Folge, Munich 170: 1–254.
  4. ^ Qiu Zhan-xiang; Wang Ban-yue, 1999. Allacerops (Rhinocerotoidea, Perissodactyla) its discovery in China and its systematic position. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37 (1): 48-61, pl.1
  5. ^ Heissig, K., 1989. Rhinocerotidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch, (eds.), The evolution of perissodactyls, pp.399-417. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.
  6. ^ Haibing Wang; Bin Bai; Jin Meng; Yuanqing Wang (2016). "Earliest known unequivocal rhinocerotoid sheds new light on the origin of Giant Rhinos and phylogeny of early rhinocerotoids". Scientific Reports. 6: Article number 39607. doi:10.1038/srep39607.
  7. ^ Z. Qiu and B. Wang. 2007. Paracerathere Fossils of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 193(29):1-396
  8. ^ B. Bai and Y.-Q. Wang. 2012. Proeggysodon gen. nov., a primitive Eocene eggysodontine (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Erden Obo, Siziwangqi, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(3):204-218
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