†Paleomoropus Radinsky 1964 (odd-toed ungulate)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Full reference: L. B. Radinsky. 1964. Paleomoropus, a new early Eocene chalicothere (Mammalia, Perissodactyla), and a revision of Eocene chalicotheres. American Museum Novitates 2179:1-28
Parent taxon: Lophiodontidae according to J. J. Hooker and D. Dashzeveg 2004
See also Colbert and Schoch 1998, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Radinsky 1964
Sister taxa: Atalonodon, Lophiaspis, Lophiodochoerus, Lophiodontinae, Paralophiodon
Subtaxa: Paleomoropus jepseni
Type: Paleomoropus jepseni
Ecology: ground dwelling folivore
Distribution: found only at SC-265 (Eocene of Wyoming)
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