Helohyidae

Helohyidae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene
Reconstruction of the skull of Achaenodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Helohyidae
Marshall, 1877
Species

Helohyidae were a group of artiodactyl mammals.[1][2] They were most prominent in the mid-to-upper Eocene (~50 to 39 million years ago).

  1. ^ Ducrocq, Stéphane; Chaimanee, Yaowalak; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Jaeger, Jean-Jacques (September 1997). "First discovery of Helohyidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) in the Late Eocene of Thailand: a possible transitional form for Anthracotheriidae". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 325 (5): 367–372. Bibcode:1997CRASE.325..367D. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(97)81385-7.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Helohyidae". fossilworks.org.