Phenacodontidae
Sign in to savePhenacodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals traditionally placed in the "wastebasket taxon" Condylarthra, which may instead represent early-stage perissodactyls. They lived from the late early Paleocene to early middle Eocene (about 60–50 million years ago) and their fossil remains have been found in North America and Europe. The only unequivocal Asian phenacodontid is Lophocion asiaticus.
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It sits within the topics Condylarths, Eocene extinctions and Eocene mammals.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Condylarth
- Image
- Phenacodus.jpg
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- Category:Phenacodontidae
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- Phenacodontidae
- taxon name
- Phenacodontidae
- start time
- 61000000-0
- end time
- 48000000-0
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- Description
- Evolution
- Classification
- Paleobiology
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Phenacodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals traditionally placed in the "wastebasket taxon" Condylarthra, which may instead represent early-stage perissodactyls. They lived from the late early Paleocene to early middle Eocene (about 60–50 million years ago) and their fossil remains have been found in North America and Europe. The only unequivocal Asian phenacodontid is Lophocion asiaticus.
==Description== These animals had a variety of body sizes, and could be as small as domestic cats (Tetraclaenodon and Ectocion) and as large as sheep (Phenacodus). The skull of phenacodontids is long and narrow, and equipped with a small braincase.
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