Anoplotheriidae is an extinct family of artiodactyls exclusive to the Palaeogene that was endemic to western Europe and lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene. The Anoplotheriidae is divi
Mandible with dentition of Diplobune secundaria
Palaeogeography of Europe and Asia during the middle Eocene with possible artiodactyl and perissodactyl dispersal routes.
Restoration of Palaeotherium, which coexisted with anoplotheriids in the Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene
Mixtotherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls belonging to the monotypic family Mixtotheriidae. Known informally as mixtotheriids or mixtotheres, these artiodactyls were endemic to weste
The Mixtotheriidae is thought to be closely related to the Cainotheriidae, including Cainotherium (skeleton at Natural History Museum of Basel)
Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) skull, National Museum of Natural History. The mandibular rami of hyraxes are wide similar to those of Mixtotherium.
M. priscum mandible, Natural History Museum of Basel