Eggysodon
Extinct genus of mammal
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Eggysodon is an extinct genus of odd-toed ungulate belong to the rhinoceros-like family Eggysodontidae. It was a small, ground-dwelling browser, and fossils have been found in Oligocene deposits throughout Europe.[1] Eggysodon may have been related to Preaceratherium, and both had tusklike canines and smaller, and fewer, incisors.
| Eggysodon Temporal range: Oligocene, | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Eggysodontidae |
| Genus: | †Eggysodon Roman, 1910 |
| Type species | |
| †Eggysodon osborni Schlosser, 1902 | |
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Allacerops (=Teniseggysodon), a close relative of Eggysodon, was synonymized with Eggysodon by Heissig (1989), but is now considered a distinct genus.[2][3][4][5]
