Cymbalophus hookeri Godinot et al. 1987 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Authorship is attributed to Godinot, not Godinot et al.

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Full reference: M. Godinot, J. Crochet, J. Hartenberger, B. Lange-Badré, D. E. Russell and B. Sigé. 1987. Nouvelles données sur les mammifères de Palette (Eocène inférieur, Provence). Munchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 10:273-288

Belongs to Cymbalophus according to Godinot et al. 1987

See also Badiola et al. 2005 and Hooker 1994

Sister taxon: Cymbalophus cuniculus

Type specimen: PAT 15, a mandible (right dentary preserving dp3, dp4 and m1). Its type locality is Palette, which is in a Ypresian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Palette

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