Lophiodon
| Lophiodon Temporal range: Eocene
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| Lophiodon sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Lophiodontidae |
| Genus: | †Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822 |
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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 between 52 to 38 million years ago,[3] and was previously thought to be closely related to Hyrachyus.[4][5]
Life restoration of Lophiodon lautricense
Lophiodon lautricense lower jaw and upper jaw fragment at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
References[]
- ^ a b "Lophiodon". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 100. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b Verault, Q.; Tabuce, R.; et al. (November 2020). "New remains of Lophiaspis maurettei (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Early Eocene of France and the implications for the origin of the Lophiodontidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (6): e1878200. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020/1878200.
- ^ 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)
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