Almogaver

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Almogaver
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: Phenacodontidae
Genus: Almogaver
Species
  • A. condali

Almogaver is an extinct possible odd-toed ungulate genus in the family Phenacodontidae. It was a ground-dwelling herbivore. [1] It is known from the Tremp Basin in Spain, and some authorities consider it synonymous with Phenacodus . [2]

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References

  1. Almogaver in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved April 2013.
  2. Cuesta Ruiz-Colmenares, Eocene Mammals from Iberian Peninsula. 1997