An extinct order of early hoofed mammals from the Cenozoic era, characterized by short, massive, columnar legs and blunt hooves, including species like Coryphodon.
From Greek 'amblys' (blunt) + 'pous' (foot) + Latin '-a' (plural neuter suffix). Named by paleontologists in the 19th century based on skeletal features of early mammal fossils.
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