Biology:Isectolophidae

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Isectolophidae
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Clade: Tapiromorpha
Family: Isectolophidae
Subgroups
  • Chowliia
  • Gandheralophus
  • Meridiolophus
  • Sastrilophus
  • Isectolophinae
    • Isectolophus
    • Schizolophodon
  • Systemodontinae
    • Systemodon
  • Homogalaxinae
    • Homogalax

Isectolophidae is an extinct family of browsing, herbivorous, mammals in the order Perissodactyla.[1] It forms a sister group to the rest of Tapiromorpha, which includes Ancylopoda (lophiodontids and Chalicotherioidea) and Ceratomorpha (tapirs, rhinoceroses and their extinct relatives).[2]

References

  1. Bronnert, Constance; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Godinot, Marc; Métais, Grégoire (2018-07-04). "First European ‘Isectolophidae’ (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): Chowliia europea , sp. nov., from the lower Eocene of Le Quesnoy, France" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 (4): (1)–(9). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1487448. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2018.1487448. 
  2. Luke T. Holbrook (2001). "Comparative osteology of early Tertiary tapiromorphs (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 2–3. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb02270.x. 

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