Ardynia ordosensis Bai et al. 2018 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Full reference: B. Bai, Y.-Q. Wang, and Z.-Q. Zhang. 2018. The late Eocene hyracodontid perissodactyl Ardynia from Saint Jacques,Inner Mongolia, China and its implications for the potentialEocene–Oligocene boundary. Palaeoworld 27:247-257

Belongs to Ardynia according to B. Bai et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Ardynia altidentata, Ardynia kazachstanensis, Ardynia mongoliensis, Ardynia plicidentata, Ardynia praecox

Type specimen: IVPP V 23860-1, a tooth. Its type locality is Saint-Jacques (layer D1 of D-block), which is in an Eocene terrestrial mudstone in China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Saint-Jacques (layer D1 of D-block)

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