Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Alternative combination: Sianodon bahoensis
Full reference: Y.-X. Xu. 1965. A New Genus of Amynodont from the Eocene of Lantian, shensi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(1):83-86
Belongs to Cadurcodon according to A. Averianov et al. 2017
See also Li 2003
Sister taxa: Cadurcodon ardynense, Cadurcodon ardynensis, Cadurcodon houldjinensis, Cadurcodon kazakademius, Cadurcodon maomingensis, Cadurcodon suhaituensis, Sianodon gaowangouensis, Sianodon mienchiensis, Sianodon honanensis, Sianodon sinensis, Sianodon chiyuanensis, Sianodon ulausuensis
Type specimen: IVPP V3015, a skull. Its type locality is Shanyanggou (locality 63704), Maoxicun village, southeast of Xi'an, Shaanxi, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial sandstone in the Bailuyuan Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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