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 52 to 38 million years ago,[3] and was previously thought to be closely related to Hyrachyus.[4][5] Lophiodon was named and described by Cuvier (1822) based on specimens from the Sables du Castrais Formation.[6] There are various species of Lophiodon known to have existed throughout Eocene Europe, where they were the largest herbivorous mammals in the region.[7]
| Lophiodon Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Lophiodontidae |
| Genus: | †Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822 |
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References
edit- ^ 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" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (6): e1878200. Bibcode:2020JVPal..40E8200V. 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)
- ^ Cuvier, G. (1822) – Recherche sur les ossements fossiles où l’on rétablit les caractères de plusieurs animaux dont les révolutions du globe ont détruit les espèces. Nouvelle édition.. Tome second, 1er partie.
- ^ Holbrook, Luke T. (2009-03-12). "Osteology of Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) and its phylogenetic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 212–230. doi:10.1671/039.029.0117. ISSN 0272-4634.
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