Lophiaspis

Lophiaspis is an extinct genus of early perissodactyl endemic to southern Europe during the Early to Middle Eocene, living from 55.8 to 37.2 Ma.[1] Remains have been found from France, Spain, and Portugal.[1]

Lophiaspis
Temporal range: Ypresian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Lophiodontidae
Genus: †Lophiaspis
Depéret, 1910
Species
  • Lophiaspis baicherei
  • Lophiaspis mauretti
  • Lophiaspis occitanicus

References
  1. Verault, Q.; Tabuce, R.; et al. (November 2020). "New remains of Lophiaspis maurettei (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Early Eocene of France and the implications for the origin of the Lophiodontidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (6): e1878200. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020/1878200.


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