Lophialetidae

Lophialetidae
Temporal range: Early - Middle Eocene
Fossil jaw of Lophialetes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Tapiroidea
Family: †Lophialetidae
Matthew & Granger, 1925
Genera
  • †Breviodon?
  • †Eoletes
  • †Lophialetes
  • †Minchenoletes
  • †Schlosseria
  • †Simplaletes
  • †Zhongjianoletes

Lophialetidae is an extinct family of tapiroids known from the Early to Middle Eocene of Asia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ MacLaren, Jamie A.; Holbrook, Luke T. (2024). "The Fossil Record of Tapirs". In Melletti, Mario; Reyna-Hurtado, Rafael; Medici, Patrícia (eds.). Tapirs of the World. Springer Nature. pp. 25–59. ISBN 978-3-031-65310-0.