Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Helaletidae

Full reference: T. Smith, F. Solé, P. Missiaen, R. S. Rana, K. Kumar, A. Sahni, and K. D. Rose. 2015. First early Eocene tapiroid from India and its implication for the paleobiogeographic origin of perissodactyls. Palaeovertebrata 39(2):1-9

Parent taxon: Helaletidae according to T. Smith et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Chasmotheriinae, Desmatotherium, Helaletinae, Jhagirilophus, Paracolodon

Subtaxa: Vastanolophus holbrooki

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Type: Vastanolophus holbrooki

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Vastan Lignite Mine (Eocene of India)

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