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  Name Embrithopoda
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammal ia
  Unranked Ordo Paenungulata
  Ordo '''Embrithopoda'''
  Subdivision Ranks Families


Embrithopoda is an extinct order of mammals which lived during the Oligocene .

Embrithopods were rhino-like in appearance, except that their horns were made of bone instead of hair, and not all embrithopods possessed them. Despite their appearance, they were more closely relatived to Elephants than Rhinos .

The Embrithopoda are seen as close relatives of the Hyracoidea and may be the ancestors of Proboscidea . They are believed to be part of the cohort Afrotheria .

Fossils of Embrithopoda such as '' Arsinoitherium '' have been found in Egypt , Mongolia , Turkey and Romania , even though until the 1970's only ''Arsinoitherium'' itself was known, appearing isolated in the fossil record.