Orientocylindrodon liguanqiaoensis Tong 1997 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

Full reference: Y. Tong. 1997. Middle Eocene Small Mammals from Liguanqiao Basin of Henan Province and Yuanqu Basin of Shanxi Province, Central China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 26:1-256

Belongs to Orientocylindrodon according to Y. Tong 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V10244, a maxilla. Its type locality is Shipigou, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hetaoyuan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shipigou

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