Eomoropus ulterior Chow 1962 (chalicothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Full reference: M. M. Chow. 1962. A New Species of Primitive Chalicothere from the Tertiary of Lunan, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 6(3):219-224

Belongs to Eomoropus according to M. M. Chow 1962

Sister taxa: Eomoropus amarorum, Eomoropus anarsius, Eomoropus major, Eomoropus meridiorientalis, Eomoropus minimus, Eomoropus pawnyunti, Eomoropus quadridentatus

Type specimen: VM0053, a mandible. Its type locality is Hsiaoshaho, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lumeiyi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Hsiaoshaho

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