Isectolophus Scott and Osborn 1887 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Synonym: Parisectolophus Peterson 1919

Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126):255-264

Parent taxon: Tapiromorpha according to M. W. Colbert 2005

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Holbrook 1999, Holbrook et al. 2004, Hooker and Dashzeveg 2004, Peterson 1919, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Radinsky 1963, Schoch 1989 and Scott 1913

Sister taxa: Ancylopoda, Breviodontidae, Cardiolophus, Ceratomorpha, Homogalax, Isectolophidae, Kalakotia, Lophialetidae, Rhodopagidae, Systemodon, Isectolophomorpha, Rhinotapiromorpha

Subtaxa: Isectolophus annectens Isectolophus latidens Isectolophus radinskyi

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Type: Isectolophus annectens

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of Japan (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), United States (14: Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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