Isectolophidae

Extinct family of mammals

Isectolophidae Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Clade:	Tapiromorpha
Family:	†Isectolophidae
Subgroups
Chowliia Gandheralophus Meridiolophus Sastrilophus Isectolophinae Isectolophus Schizolophodon Systemodontinae Systemodon Homogalaxinae Homogalax

Isectolophidae is an extinct family of browsing, herbivorous, mammals in the order Perissodactyla.^[1] It forms a sister group to the rest of the Tapiromorpha, which includes the Ancylopoda (lophiodontids and Chalicotherioidea) and the Ceratomorpha (tapirs, rhinoceroses and their extinct relatives).^[2]

References

^ Bronnert, Constance; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Godinot, Marc; Métais, Grégoire (2018-07-04). "First European 'Isectolophidae' (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): Chowliia europea , sp. nov., from the lower Eocene of Le Quesnoy, France". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (4): (1)–(9). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1487448. ISSN 0272-4634.
^ Luke T. Holbrook (2001). "Comparative osteology of early Tertiary tapiromorphs (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 132: 2–3. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb02270.x.