Lophiaspis

Lophiaspis is an extinct genus of chalicothere endemic to Europe during the Eocene living from 55.8—37.2 Ma and existed for approximately 18.6 million years.

Lophiaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
†Chalicotheriidae
Subfamily:
†Schizotheriinae
Genus:
†Lophiaspis

Lophiaspis was named by Depéret (1910). It was assigned to Chalicotheriidae by Carroll (1988).

Fossil distribution
  • Silveirhinha, Portugal
  • La Liviniere, Hérault, France
  • Laure-Minervois, Aude, France
  • Egerkingen, a Gray Marls fissure, Baselland, Switzerland

Sources
  • Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
  • Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton
  • The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose


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