Metaplagiolophus atoae Checa Soler 1993 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Pachynolophidae

Full reference: L. Checa Soler. 1993. Avance descriptivo de un nuevo Paleotérido (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) del yacimiento eoceno de Sant Jaume de Forntanyà 3 (Fm. Bellmunt, Prepirineo catalán). Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 3:91-116

Belongs to Metaplagiolophus according to L. Checa Soler 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IPS 9090, a skull. Its type locality is Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-3C, which is in a Bartonian mire/swamp marl/coal in the Bellmunt Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-3C

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