†family Lophialetidae Matthew and Granger 1925 (odd-toed ungulate)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Parent taxon: Tapiromorpha according to M. W. Colbert 2005
See also Carroll 1988, Holbrook 1999, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Ranga Rao 1972 and Sahni and Khare 1973
Sister taxa: Ancylopoda, Breviodontidae, Cardiolophus, Ceratomorpha, Homogalax, Isectolophidae, Isectolophus, Kalakotia, Rhodopagidae, Systemodon, Rhinotapiromorpha, Isectolophomorpha
Subtaxa: Ampholophus Eoletes Eoletidae Lophialetes Minchenoletes Schlosseria Zhongjianoletes
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (3 collections), North Korea (1)
• Eocene of China (19), Kazakhstan (3), Kyrgyzstan (4), Mongolia (5), North Korea (1), Pakistan (2)
Total: 38 collections including 46 occurrences