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Xiphodon is the type
genus of the
extinct Palaeogene artiodactyl family Xiphodontidae. It, like
other xiphodonts, was
endemic to
western Europe and lived...
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derived from the
Latin word
hasta meaning "spear". The
disputed species xiphodon is
derived from the
Ancient Gr**** ξίφος "xíphos"
meaning "sword" and ὀδών...
- "narrow-form,"
which some
authors have
split into two species, C.
plicatilis (
xiphodon) and C. hastalis, respectively. C.
subserratus has also been
placed in...
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Confusion between whether the A.
commune sculptures were of A.
gracile (=
Xiphodon gracilis) is common,
resulting from 19th-century
guidebooks listing both...
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Xiphodontidae Temporal range: 40.4–28.1 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Drawing of
Xiphodon by
Georges Cuvier Scientific classification Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:...
- gracile, he
noticed differences in the
molars that he
erected the
subgenus Xiphodon. For A. leporinum, the
subgenus Dichobune was
created by him
based on its...
- "Palaeotherium"
minor (=
Plagiolophus minor), "Anoplotherium medium" (=
Xiphodon gracilis), and, most famously,
Anoplotherium commune based on
known fossil...
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species then
classified in the now-invalid
genus Oxyrhina, O. hastalis, O.
xiphodon, and O. desorii. Ag****iz
placed the
species in the
genus Oxyrhina but noted...
- C****opotamus,
dichobunid Mouillacitherium,
robiacinid Robiacina,
xiphodonts (
Xiphodon, Dichodon, and Haplomeryx),
amphimerycid Amphimeryx, and
other anoplotheriids...
- of
Xiphodon gracilis from the Isle of Wight. Owen then
determined that
because of its
dentition corresponding more to
Dichobune than to
Xiphodon and...
