Amynodontidae

Taxobox
name = Amynodontidae
fossil_range = Late Eocene to Early Miocene
regnum = Animalia


image_caption = "Gigantamynodon", "Metamynodon", "Cadurcodon"
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Perissodactyla
familia = †Amynodontidae
subdivision_ranks = Generacite book | author = McKenna, M. C, and S. K. Bell | year = 1997 | title = Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level | publisher = Columbia University Press | id = ISBN 023111012X]
subdivision =
* †"Amynodon"
* †"Amynodontopsis"
* †"Armania"
* †"Cadurcamynodon"
* †"Cadurcodon"
* †"Cadurcopsis"
* †"Cadurcotherium"
* †"Caenolophus"
* †"Euryodon"
* †"Gigantamynodon"
* †"Hypsamynodon"
* †"Lushiamynodon"
* †"Megalamynodon"
* †"Mesamynodon"
* †"Metamynodon"
* †"Paramynodon"
* †"Penetrigonias"
* †"Procadurcodon"
* †"Rostriamynodon"
* †"Sharamynodon"
* †"Sianodon"
* †"Teilhardia"
* †"Toxotherium"
* †"Zaisanamynodon"The Amynodonts were a group of hippo-like perissodactyls, related to true rhinoceri, that were descended from the Hyracodontidae. They ranged from North America, Europe and Asia. The last species died out during the early Miocene of North America, due to competition with the true rhinoceros "Teleoceras". Although more closely related to rhinoceroses, they had an appearance closer to modern hippos, with large, curved, canine teeth, and probably lived in a semi-aquatic habitatcite book |author= Savage, RJG, & Long, MR|year=1986 |title= Mammal Evolution: an illustrated guide|publisher= Facts on File|location=New York|pages= 194|isbn= 0-8160-1194-X] [cite book |editor=Palmer, D.|year=1999 |title= The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals|publisher= Marshall Editions|location=London|pages= 264|isbn= 1-84028-152-9] . Some amynodonts, such as "Cadurcodon", had an appearance closer to that of tapirs.

The most famous, and longest-lived genus is "Metamynodon", which first appeared during the Late Eocene in Central Asia, and eventually died out during the early Miocene in North America, long after all other amynodont genera died out in Eurasia by the late Oligocene.

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