Lophiodontidae is a family of browsing,
herbivorous,
mammals in the
Perissodactyla suborder
Ancylopoda that show long, curved and cleft
claws. They lived in southern Europe during the
Eocene epoch. Previously thought to be related to
tapirs, it is now thought that they were most likely related to early
chalicothere
Chalicotheres (from Greek '' chalix'', "gravel" and '' therion'', "beast") are an extinct clade of herbivorous, odd-toed ungulate (perissodactyl) mammals that lived in North America, Eurasia, and Africa from the Middle Eocene until the Early Plei ...
s, although they are distinct from that group.
References
Prehistoric mammal families
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