†Colodon orientalis Borissyak 1918 (tapir)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Belongs to Colodon according to Borissyak 1918
Sister taxa: Colodon cingulatus, Colodon copei, Colodon inceptus, Colodon kayi, Colodon occidentalis, Colodon stovalli, Colodon woodi
Type specimen: PIN 1442-49, a maxilla. Its type locality is Lake Chelkar-Teniz, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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