Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. New genus of Perissodactyla diplarthra. American Naturalist 15:1018-1018
Parent taxon: Tapiromorpha according to D. J. Froehlich 2002
See also Colbert and Schoch 1998, Froehlich 1999, Granger 1908, Hay 1902, Peterson 1919, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Radinsky 1963, Scott 1913, Toohey 1959, Troxell 1922, Wood 1927 and Wood 1934
Sister taxa: Ancylopoda, Breviodontidae, Cardiolophus, Ceratomorpha, Homogalax, Isectolophidae, Isectolophus, Kalakotia, Lophialetidae, Rhodopagidae, Rhinotapiromorpha, Isectolophomorpha
Subtaxa: Systemodon tapirinus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (54: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence
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