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''Almogaver'' is an extinct possible
odd-toed ungulate Perissodactyla (, ), or odd-toed ungulates, is an order of ungulates. The order includes about 17 living species divided into three families: Equidae (horses, asses, and zebras), Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses), and Tapiridae (tapirs). They t ...
genus in the family
Phenacodontidae Phenacodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals traditionally placed in the “wastebasket taxon” Condylarthra, which may instead represent early-stage perissodactyls. They lived from the late early Paleocene to early middle ...
. It was a ground-dwelling herbivore. It is known from the
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in
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, and some authorities consider it synonymous with '' Phenacodus''.Cuesta Ruiz-Colmenares, Eocene Mammals from Iberian Peninsula. 1997


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Phenacodontidae Paleocene mammals of Europe Paleogene Spain Fossils of Spain Fossil taxa described in 1954 Nomina dubia Monotypic prehistoric placental genera {{paleo-mammal-stub