Franzenium durense Cuesta 1993 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Full reference: M. A. Cuesta. 1993. Los Palaeotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) del Eoceno de la Cuenca del Duero (Castilla y Leon, Espana). Estudios Geológicos 49:87-109

Belongs to Franzenium according to M. A. Cuesta 1993

Sister taxon: Franzenium tetradactylum

Type specimen: 11.006, a mandible. Its type locality is Mazaterón, which is in a Bartonian lacustrine marl/sandstone in the Mazaterón Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Mazaterón

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