†Metanchilophus gaudini Pictet and Humbert 1869 (odd-toed ungulate)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Belongs to Metanchilophus according to J. A. Remy 2012
Sister taxa: Metanchilophus castrensis, Metanchilophus chaubeti, Metanchilophus depereti, Metanchilophus dumasi, Metanchilophus radegondensis
Type specimen: MGL LM-12/2335, a maxilla (fragment of left maxilla with M2/-M3). Its type locality is Mormont Eclepens, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland.
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (8 collections), Switzerland (3)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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