Schlosseria hetaoyuanensis Tong and Lei 1984 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

Full reference: Y. Tong and Y. Lei. 1984. Fossil Tapiroids from the Upper Eocene of Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(4):269-280

Belongs to Schlosseria according to Y. Tong and Y. Lei 1984

Sister taxon: Schlosseria magister

Type specimen: YIGM V002, a maxilla. Its type locality is Shipigou, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hetaoyuan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Shipigou

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