Phenacodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals traditionally placed in the “wastebasket taxon” Condylarthra, which may instead represent...
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always was a problematic group. When first described by Cope 1881, Phenacodontidae was the type and only family therein. Cope 1885, however, raised Condylarthra...
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afrotherian clade Tethytheria. The Northern Hemisphere "condylarth" group Phenacodontidae has been placed as closely related to perissodactyls in some studies...
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convergent evolution. Perissodactyls were thought to have evolved from the Phenacodontidae, small, sheep-sized animals that were already showing signs of anatomical...
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[http://paleobiodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=42284 Phenacodontidae ] in the Paleobiology Database Gheerbrant, E.; Donming, D.; Tassy,...
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Phenacodus (category Phenacodontidae)
earliest and most primitive of the ungulates, typifying the family Phenacodontidae and the order Perissodactyla.[citation needed] Phenacodus intermedius...
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family of stem-perissodactyls; from the Early to Middle Eocene epoch) †Phenacodontidae (a clade of stem-perissodactyls; from the Early Palaeocene to the Middle...
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Evolution of the horse (section Phenacodontidae)
only in retrospect can certain evolutionary trends be recognized. Phenacodontidae is the most recent family in the order Condylarthra believed to be...
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Australasian Mycologist. 21 (3): 114–6. Naish, Darren (8 August 2013). "Phenacodontidae, I feel like I know you". Tetrapod Zoology. Scientific American. Cooper...
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The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species. Many of them are described below, along with their typical range of size...
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