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condylarth
[ kon-dl-ahrth ]
noun
- any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of condylarth1
1880–85; < New Latin Condylarthra (neuter plural) < Greek °ìó²Ô»å²â±ô ( os ) condyle + -arthra, neuter plural of arthrus -jointed, derivative of á°ù³Ù³ó°ù´Ç²Ô joint
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The oldest fossil of a mammal found in India so far is a 66-million-year-old tooth that may have belonged to a condylarth, primitive ancestors of hoofed mammals, some of which looked like a cross between a lioness and a deer.
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Condylarth fossils have more commonly been found north of India.
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