Heptodon minimus Qi 1987 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: T. Qi. 1987. The middle Eocene Arshanto fauna (Mammalia) of Inner Mongolia. Annals of Carnegie Museum 56:1-73

Belongs to Heptodon according to T. Qi 1987

Sister taxa: Heptodon calciculus, Heptodon niushanensis, Heptodon posticus, Heptodon tienshanensis

Type specimen: IVPP V5732, a mandible. Its type locality is Huheboerhe (lower Arshanto), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Arshanto Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Huheboerhe (lower Arshanto)

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