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ANOPLOTHERIDAE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Collective term not used in the singular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Famille de mammifères fossiles de l'ordre des artiodactyles, dont le type est le genre anoplotherium.

CONT

L'anoplotherium commun [...] était de la taille d'un tapir et montrait des caractères mixtes : un crâne de chameau, une dentition complète, des membres courts à 3 doigts armés d'ongles, faisant le passage entre la griffe et le sabot, et une longue queue. Il sert de type à la famille des anoplothéridés.

OBS

Pluriel d'usage (terme collectif).

Spanish

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