Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Full reference: Y.-X. Li, Y.-X. Zhang, J. Li, Z.-C. Li, and K. Xie. 2017. New fossils of paraceratheres (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene of the Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 56(4):367-381
Belongs to Paraceratherium according to Y.-X. Li et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Paraceratherium asiaticum, Paraceratherium bugtiense, Paraceratherium grangeri, Paraceratherium lepidum, Paraceratherium linxiaense, Baluchitherium osborni
Type specimen: NWUV 1479, a mandible. Its type locality is Nanpoping Village, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial sandstone in the Hanjiajing Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Nanpoping Village
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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