Heterocoryphodon xuae 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 yuntongi

Type specimen: IVPP V5145, a partial skull. Its type locality is Dahupo, near Zhangwan Village, which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine limestone in the Yuhuangding Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dahupo, near Zhangwan Village

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