Wutuhyus primiveris Tong and Wang 2006 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae

Full reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 2006. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 192(28):1-195

Belongs to Wutuhyus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V10720, a mandible (Mandibles). Its type locality is Xishangtuan Coal Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial coal in the Wutu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Xishangtuan Coal Mine

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