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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