†family Helaletidae Osborn 1892 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Helaletidae

Alternative spelling: Helaletinae

Parent taxon: Tapiroidea according to L. T. Holbrook 1999

See also Bai et al. 2017, Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958, Hay 1902, Hough 1955, Osborn 1923, Peterson 1919, Radinsky 1963 and Radinsky 1966

Sister taxa: Cambaylophus, Deperetellidae, Euryletes, Haagella, Helaletes, Heptodon, Heptodontidae, Hesperaletes, Tapiridae, Thuliadanta

Subtaxa: Chasmotheriinae Desmatotherium Helaletinae Jhagirilophus Paracolodon Vastanolophus

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (2 collections), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (2), Pakistan (2), United States (7: Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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