| Isectolophidae Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Clade: | Tapiromorpha |
| Family: | †Isectolophidae |
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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
- ↑ 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". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (4): (1)–(9). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1487448. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ↑ 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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