Biology:Lophiaspis

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Lophiaspis
Temporal range: Ypresian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Lophiodontidae
Genus: Lophiaspis
Depéret, 1910
Species
  • Lophiaspis baicherei
  • Lophiaspis mauretti
  • Lophiaspis occitanicus

Lophiaspis is an extinct genus of early perissodactyl endemic to southern Europe during the Early to Middle Eocene, living from 55.8 to 37.2 Ma.[1] Remains have been found from France, Spain, and Portugal.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verault, Q. 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. 

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