Homogalax aureus Gingerich 1991 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Perissodactyla (Mammalia) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(8):181-213

Belongs to Homogalax according to P. D. Gingerich 1991

Sister taxa: Homogalax namadicus, Homogalax primaevus, Homogalax protapirinus, Homogalax wutuensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is White Butte/Turtle Valley, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial claystone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at White Butte/Turtle Valley

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