Desmatotherium mongoliense Osborn 1923 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Helaletidae

Alternative combination: Irdinolophus mongoliensis

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1923. Titanotheres and lophiodonts in Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 91:1-5

Belongs to Desmatotherium according to B. Bai et al. 2017

See also Bayshashov and Billia 2011, Dashzeveg and Hooker 1997 and Osborn 1923

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 19161, a maxilla (right maxilla). Its type locality is 23 miles South of Iren Dabasu (AMNH), which is in an Irdinmanhan terrestrial horizon in the Irdin Manha Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (1 collection), Mongolia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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