Lantianius Chow 1964 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae

Full reference: M. Chow. 1964. A Lemuroid Primate from the Eocene of Lantian, Shensi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(3):257-262

Parent taxon: Lantianiinae according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Chow 1964, Hooker 1986 and Metais et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Elaschitotherium, Eolantianius

Subtaxa: Lantianius xiehuensis

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Type: Lantianius xiehuensis

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kangwangou (locality 64017), Xiehu, Lantian (Eocene to Oligocene of China)

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