Isectolophidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Clade: | Tapiromorpha |
Family: | † Isectolophidae |
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Isectolophidae is an extinct family of browsing, herbivorous, mammals in the order Perissodactyla. [1] It forms a sister group to the rest of Tapiromorpha, which includes Ancylopoda (lophiodontids and Chalicotherioidea) and Ceratomorpha (tapirs, rhinoceroses and their extinct relatives). [2]