Olbitherium Tong et al. 2004 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: Y.-S. Tong, J.-W. Wang, and J. Meng. 2004. Olbitherium millenariusum, a new perissodactyl-like archaic ungulate (Mammalia) from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(1):27-38

Parent taxon: Phenacodonta according to Y.-S. Tong et al. 2004

Sister taxon: Phenacodontidae

Subtaxa: Olbitherium millenariusum

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Type: Olbitherium millenariusum

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine (Eocene of China)

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