Bothriostylops progressus Tang and Yan 1976 (placental)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Arctostylopidae

Alternative combination: Sinostylops progressus

Full reference: Y. Tang and D. Yan. 1976. Notes on some Mammalian Fossils from the Paleocene of Qianshan and Xuancheng, Anhui. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(2):91-99

Belongs to Bothriostylops according to J. Zheng and X. Huang 1986

See also Huang 2003 and Tang and Yan 1976

Sister taxa: Bothriostylops medius, Bothriostylops notios

Type specimen: IVPP V4264, a mandible. Its type locality is Yangxinwu (Qianshan locality 71071), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Doumu Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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