Eomoropidae information

Eomoropidae; Temporal range: 46.2–33.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Mid to Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Suborder:	†Ancylopoda
Superfamily:	†Chalicotherioidea
Family:	†Eomoropidae; Matthew, 1929
Genera
	†Eomoropus; †Grangeria; †Litolophus; †Paleomoropus

Eomoropidae is a family of odd-toed ungulates, a group which also includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs. They were most closely related to the extinct chalicotheres, which they greatly resemble, and may have been their immediate ancestors. They were, however, much smaller than the later forms, being around the size of a sheep. Like their later relatives, they were probably browsers on leaves and other soft vegetation, and, unlike most other ungulates, had claws on their feet.^[2] The Eomoropidae is most likely a paraphyletic group within Chalicotherioidea.^[3]

^ PaleoBiology Database: Eomoropidae, basic info
^ Savage, RJG & Long, MR (1986). Mammal Evolution: an illustrated guide. New York: Facts on File. pp. 199. ISBN 0-8160-1194-X.
^ Jacobs, Louis L.; Scott, Kathleen Marie (1998). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52135519-3.

[1] PaleoBiology Database: Eomoropidae, basic info

[MamEv-2] Savage, RJG & Long, MR (1986). Mammal Evolution: an illustrated guide. New York: Facts on File. pp. 199. ISBN 0-8160-1194-X.

[EoTMNA-3] Jacobs, Louis L.; Scott, Kathleen Marie (1998). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52135519-3.

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Eomoropidae

Chalicotheriidae

Chalicotherioidea

Perissodactyla

Chalicotherium

Ancylopoda

Hesperotherium

Borissiakia

Schizotheriinae

Moropus

Ancylotherium

Litolophus

Anisodon

Chalicotheriinae

Lophiaspis

Mammal classification

Kalimantsia

Tylocephalonyx

Lophiodon

Lophiodontidae

Metaschizotherium

Chemositia

Altungulata

Nestoritherium

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