Isectolophidae
Sign in to saveIsectolophidae is a possibly paraphyletic extinct family of browsing, herbivorous, mammals in the order Perissodactyla. It forms a sister group to the rest of the Tapiromorpha, which includes the Ancylopoda (lophiodontids and Chalicotherioidea) and the Ceratomorpha (tapirs, rhinoceroses and their extinct relatives).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPerissodactyla
- FamilyIsectolophidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 275
- Family
- Isectolophidae
- Collections
- USNM, CM, UCMP, UCM, UMMP
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tapiromorpha
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- Homogalax tapirinus.JPG
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- Isectolophidae
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Isectolophidae is a possibly paraphyletic extinct family of browsing, herbivorous, mammals in the order Perissodactyla. It forms a sister group to the rest of the Tapiromorpha, which includes the Ancylopoda (lophiodontids and Chalicotherioidea) and the Ceratomorpha (tapirs, rhinoceroses and their extinct relatives).
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isectolophidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.