Embrithopoda
order of mammals
Embrithopoda ("heavy-footed") is an order of extinct mammals from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.
Overview
changeMost of the embrithopod genera are known exclusively from jaws and teeth dated from the late Paleocene to the late Eocene; however, the order is best known from its terminal member [needs simplifying] the elephantine Arsinoitherium.