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Lophiaspis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
†Chalicotheriidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perissodactyla

Subfamily
  
†Schizotheriinae

Similar
  
Kalimantsia, Borissiakia, Lophiodon, Tylocephalonyx, Anisodon

Lophiaspis is an extinct genus of chalicothere endemic to Europe during the Eocene living from 55.8—37.2 Ma and existed for approximately 18.6 million years.

Lophiaspis was named by Depéret (1910). It was assigned to Chalicotheriidae by Carroll (1988).

Fossil distribution

  • Silveirhinha, Portugal
  • La Liviniere, Hérault, France
  • Laure-Minervois, Aude, France
  • Egerkingen, a Gray Marls fissure, Baselland, Switzerland
  • References

    Lophiaspis Wikipedia