Leptochoeridae
Leptochoeridae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Leptochoeridae Marsh, 1894 |
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Leptochoeridae is an extinct family of basal artiodactyl mammals from the early Eocene to late Oligocene of North America.
Taxonomy[]
Leptochoeridae was considered a subfamily of Dichobunidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).[1] However, Theodor et al. (2007) treat leptochoerids as a distinct family.[2]
Genera[]
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Categories:
- Eocene even-toed ungulates
- Oligocene even-toed ungulates
- Eocene first appearances
- Chattian extinctions
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs