Lophiodon

Lophiodon is an extinct genus of mammal related to tapirs. It lived in Eocene Europe, and is closely related to Hyrachyus.[1][2]

Lophiodon lautricense lower jaw and upper jaw fragment at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Lophiodon
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Lophiodon sp
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
†Lophiodontidae
Genus:
†Lophiodon

Cuvier, 1822
Species
  • L. filholi
  • L. remensis
  • ?L. lautricense
  • ?L. sanmoralense

References
  1. F.V. Hayden Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Volume III. (1883)
  2. 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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