Skopaiolophus Métais et al. 2006 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: G. Métais, A. N. Soe, and S. Ducrocq. 2006. A new basal tapiromorph (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the middle Eocene of Myanmar. Geobios 39:513-519

Parent taxon: Perissodactyla according to G. Métais et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Anthracobunidae, Brontotheriidae, Cambaytheriidae, Cambaytherium, Chelodactyla, Desmostylia, Equina, Equoidea, Ghazijhippus, Hallensia, Hippopotamus iravaticus, Hyracotheriidae, Lophodontomorpha, Mesaxonia, Mesolambdolophus, Nakusia, Paschatherium, Perissobune, Rhinocerotida, Selenida, Solidungula, Stereopterna, Tapiromorpha, Teilhardimys, Titanotheriomorpha, Triplopidae

Subtaxa: Skopaiolophus burmese

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Type: Skopaiolophus burmese

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Pk1, Pondaung Sandstone (Eocene of Myanmar)

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