Eggysodontidae

Eggysodontidae is a family of perissodactyls, closely related to rhinoceroses. Fossils have been found in Oligocene deposits in Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China, and Mongolia.^[1]

Eggysodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene, 34–23.03 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Superfamily:	Rhinocerotoidea
Family:	†Eggysodontidae Breuning, 1923
Genera
Allacerops Eggysodon Guangnanodon Proeggysodon

Taxonomy

The family Eggysodontidae has been at times considered a subfamily of Hyracodontidae, as Eggysodontinae, by several authors.^[2][3][4][5] However, recent analyses have leaned towards recognizing eggysodonts as a distinct family more closely related to crown Rhinocerotoidea than to hyracodonts or paraceratheres.^[6][7][8]

Biology

Eggysodonts were ground-dwelling browsers, being largely the size of dogs.