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''Lophiaspis'' is an extinct genus of early
perissodactyl Odd-toed ungulates, mammals which constitute the taxonomic order Perissodactyla (, ), are animals—ungulates—who have reduced the weight-bearing toes to three (rhinoceroses and tapirs, with tapirs still using four toes on the front legs) o ...
endemic to southern Europe during the Early to Middle
Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...
, living from 55.8 to 37.2 Ma. Remains have been found from France, Spain, and Portugal.


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Prehistoric mammals of Europe Eocene Fossil taxa described in 1910 {{paleo-oddtoedungulate-stub