Higotherium Miyata and Tomida 1998 (tillodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Esthonychidae

Full reference: K. Miyata and Y. Tomida. 1998. A new tillodont from the early Middle Eocene of Japan and its implication to the subfamily Trogosinae (Tillodontia: Mammalia). Paleontological Research 2(1):53-66

Parent taxon: Trogosinae according to K. Miyata and Y. Tomida 1998

Sister taxa: Anchippodus, Tillodon, Trogosus

Subtaxa: Higotherium hypsodon

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Type: Higotherium hypsodon

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Coast at Akasemachi (Eocene of Japan)

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