Teleolophus
Teleolophus Temporal range: Eocene
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Deperetellidae |
Genus: | †Teleolophus Matthew & Granger, 1925 |
Type species | |
†Teleolophus medius Matthew & Granger, 1925
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Teleolophus is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals related to tapirs that flourished in the Eocene of Asia.[1]
References[]
- ^ Tsubamoto, T., Tsogtbaatar, K., Watabe, M., Saneyoshi, M., & Chinzorig, T. (2012). "The function of the crown cementum of Teleolophus, an Eocene deperetellid perissodactyl". Journal of Fossil Research. 44: 78–79.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Categories:
- Eocene odd-toed ungulates
- Eocene mammals of Asia
- Fossil taxa described in 1925
- Prehistoric odd-toed ungulate stubs