Litolophus ghazijensis Missiaen and Gingerich 2012 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Eomoropidae

Full reference: P. Missiaen and P. D. Gingerich. 2012. New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(1):21-34

Belongs to Litolophus according to P. Missiaen and P. D. Gingerich 2012

Sister taxon: Litolophus gobiensis

Type specimen: GSP−UM 6519, a tooth. Its type locality is GH-46, which is in a Ypresian coastal shale in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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