Bothriostylops medius Huang and Zheng 2003 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Arctostylopidae

Full reference: X.-S. Huang and J.-J. Zheng. 2003. Note on two new mammalian species from the Late Paleocene of Nanxiong, Guangdong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(4):271-277

Belongs to Bothriostylops according to X.-S. Huang and J.-J. Zheng 2003

Sister taxa: Bothriostylops notios, Bothriostylops progressus

Type specimen: IVPP V 13504, a partial skull (Fragmentary left and right upper jaws & left lower jaw). Its type locality is Nearby Datang Town (upper section), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Nongshan Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Nearby Datang Town (upper section)

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