Heterocoryphodon yuntongi Tong and Wang 2006 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae

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 Heterocoryphodon according to Y. Tong and J. Wang 2006

Sister taxon: Heterocoryphodon xuae

Type specimen: IVPP V10731, a maxilla (Maxillae). Its type locality is Laowanggou, which is in an Eocene terrestrial claystone in the Wutu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Laowanggou

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