Embrithopoda

Embrithopoda
Temporal range: Paleocene - Oligocene, 56–28 Ma[1]
Arsinoitherium zitteli[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Paenungulatomorpha
Grandorder: Paenungulata
Mirorder: Tethytheria
Order: †Embrithopoda
Andrews 1906
Families

Embrithopoda ("heavy-footed") is an order of extinct mammals known from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Most of the embrithopod genera are known exclusively from jaws and teeth dated from the late Paleocene to the late Eocene; however, the order is best known from its terminal member, the elephantine Arsinoitherium.[3]

  1. ^ Emmanuel Gheerbrant; Arnaud Schmitt; László Kocsis (2018). "Early African fossils elucidate the origin of embrithopod mammals". Current Biology. Online edition. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.032.
  2. ^ Rose 2006, pp. 242–3
  3. ^ Rose 2006, p. 265