Isectolophidae

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 ; ;

Last updated May 27, 2025

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 .

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[1] 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.

[Holbrook_2001-2] 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 .

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