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‖ Pliolophus Palæont.|plaɪˈɒləfəs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. πλείον more + λόϕος crest: see quot. 1857.]
A genus of fossil perissodactyl hoofed quadrupeds, whose remains are found in the Middle and Lower Tertiary strata. Hence ˈplioloph, an animal of this genus; pliˈolophoid a., resembling this genus, or belonging to the Pliolophoidea or Pliolophidæ, of which it is the type; n. a pliolophoid animal.
1857Owen in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XIV. 55 A new genus and species of perissodactyle pachyderm, for which I propose the name of Pliolophus vulpiceps, or Fox-headed Plioloph. Note. By it [the term Pliolophus] I..mean that it is more near to the Lophiodont type than its close ally the Hyracotherium. 1859Page Handbk. Geol. Terms, Pliolophus, a small lophiodont mammal, whose remains have been found in eocene and miocene tertiaries. |