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Record 1 2002-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Extinct plantigrade mammals of the Eocene period having pentadactyl limbs without hoofs; having an elongated skull with a very small brain and having all four types of mammalian teeth.

OBS

The order Condylarthra is one of the most characteristic groups of Paleocene mammals, and it illustrates well the evolutionay level of the Paleocene mammal fauna.

OBS

condylarthra: a collective term rarely used in the singular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[...] série de Mammifères au début du tertiaire Américain et européen, dont l'articulation de l'astragale avec le naviculaire est en condyle, d'où leur nom, à caractères primitifs et composites, synthétiques [...]

OBS

condylarthres : terme collectif rarement utilisé au singulier (condylarthre).

Key term(s)
  • condylarthre

Spanish

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