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Leptochoeridae

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Extinct family of mammals

Leptochoeridae
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Leptochoeridae
Marsh, 1894
Genera

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Leptochoeridae is an extinct family of basal artiodactyl mammals from the early Eocene to late Oligocene of North America.

Taxonomy

Leptochoeridae was considered a subfamily of Dichobunidae by McKenna and Bell (1997). However, Theodor et al. (2007) treat leptochoerids as a distinct family.

Genera

References

  1. McKenna, M. C; S. K. Bell (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-11012-X.
  2. J. M. Theodor, J. Erfurt, and G. Metais. 2007. The earliest artiodactyls. In D. R. Prothero, S. E. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 32-58.
Taxon identifiers
Leptochoeridae


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