Meiostylodon zaoshiensis Wang 1975 (tillodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta

Full reference: B.-Y. Wang. 1975. Paleocene mammals of Chaling Basin, Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(3):154-162

Belongs to Meiostylodon according to B.-Y. Wang 1975

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V4869, a set of teeth. Its type locality is IVPP Loc. 72135, Chaling Basin, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial claystone in the Zaoshi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at IVPP Loc. 72135, Chaling Basin

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