Leptochoeridae
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| Leptochoeridae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Leptochoeridae Marsh, 1894 |
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Leptochoeridae is an extinct family of basal artiodactyl mammals from the early Eocene to late Oligocene of North America.
Taxonomy
Leptochoeridae was considered a subfamily of Dichobunidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).[1] However, Theodor et al. (2007) treat leptochoerids as a distinct family.[2]
Genera
References
- ^ McKenna, M. C; S. K. Bell (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-11012-X.
- ^ J. M. Theodor, J. Erfurt, and G. Metais. 2007. The earliest artiodactyls. In D. R. Prothero, S. E. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 32-58.
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