Teleolophus Matthew and Granger 1925 (tapir)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonym: Pachylophus Tong and Lei 1984

Parent taxon: Tapiridae according to M. W. Colbert 2005

See also Carroll 1988, Dashzeveg and Hooker 1997, Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958, Lucas et al. 1997, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Tong and Lei 1984

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Teleolophus danjiangensis Teleolophus daviesi Teleolophus magnus Teleolophus medius Teleolophus primarius Teleolophus rectus Teleolophus shandongensis Teleolophus sichuanensis Teleolophus xui Teleolophus zaisanicus

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (1 collection)

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1)

• Eocene of China (6), Kazakhstan (3), Kyrgyzstan (5), Mongolia (6), Pakistan (1)

Total: 23 collections including 28 occurrences

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