†Paraceratherium lepidum Xu and Wang 1978

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Alternative combination: Paraceratherium lipidus

Synonym: Paraceratherium zhajremensis Bayshashov 1988

Belongs to Paraceratherium according to Z. Qiu and B. Wang 2007

See also Lucas and Bayshashov 1996

Sister taxa: Paraceratherium asiaticum, Paraceratherium bugtiense, Paraceratherium grangeri, Paraceratherium huangheense, Paraceratherium linxiaense, Baluchitherium osborni

Type specimens:

  • Paraceratherium lepidum: TP 9401, a skull. Its type locality is 1 km west of Feiyue Railway station, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Taoshuyuanzi Formation of China.
  • Paraceratherium zhajremensis:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (4 collections), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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