Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
Parent taxon: Tapiroidea according to M. W. Colbert 2005
See also Colbert and Schoch 1998, Cope 1881, Dawson and Constenius 2018, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Holbrook 1999, Peterson 1919, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Radinsky 1963, Radinsky 1966, Schoch 1984, Scott 1883, Scott 1913, Stucky 1984 and Wood 1934
Sister taxa: Cambaylophus, Deperetellidae, Euryletes, Haagella, Helaletidae, Heptodon, Heptodontidae, Hesperaletes, Tapiridae, Thuliadanta
Subtaxa: Helaletes intermedius Helaletes medius Helaletes mongoliensis Helaletes nanus
Type: Helaletes boops
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (2), United States (28: Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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