Amynodontidae
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| Family: | †Amynodontidae
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Amynodontidae ("threatening tooth")[2] is a family of extinct perissodactyls related to true rhinoceroses, they are commonly portrayed as semiaquatic hippo-like rhinos[3][4] but this description only fits members of the Metamynodontini, other groups of amynodonts like the cadurcodontines had more typical ungulate proportions and convergently evolved a tapir-like proboscis. Their fossils have been found in North America, Europe and Asia ranging in age from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene, with a single genus (Cadurcotherium) surviving into the Late Oligocene in South Asia (Pakistan).[5]
Taxonomy
†Amynodontidae
- Subfamily Amynodontinae
- Tribe Cadurcodontini
- Genus Cadurcodon
- Genus Lushiamynodon
- Genus Sharamynodon
- Genus Sianodon
- Tribe Metamynodontini
- Genus Gigantamynodon
- Genus Metamynodon
- Genus Paramynodon
- Genus Zaisanamynodon
- Tribe incertae sedis
- Genus Amynodon
- Tribe Cadurcodontini
- Subfamily incertae sedis
- Genus Amynodontopsis
- Genus Armania
- Genus Cadurcamynodon
- Genus Cadurcopsis
- Genus Cadurcotherium
- Genus Caenolophus
- Genus Euryodon
- Genus Hypsamynodon
- Genus Megalamynodon
- Genus Mesamynodon
- Genus Penetrigonias
- Genus Procadurcodon
- Genus Rostriamynodon
- Genus Teilhardia
- Genus Toxotherium
References
- ^ McKenna, M. C, and S. K. Bell (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-11012-X.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ American Museum of Natural History, "Perissodactyls Glossary" [1]
- ^ Savage, RJG, & Long, MR (1986). Mammal Evolution: an illustrated guide. New York: Facts on File. p. 194. ISBN 0-8160-1194-X.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 264. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
- ^ Wall, William P. (1989). "The phylogenetic history and adaptive radiation of the Amynodontidae". In Prothero, Donald R; Schoch, Robert M. (eds.). The Evolution of perissodactyls. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195060393.
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