Paracolodon Matthew and Granger 1925 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Helaletidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1925. New ungulates from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia, with faunal list and remarks on correlation. American Museum Novitates 195:1-12

Parent taxon: Helaletidae according to B. Bai et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, Matthew and Granger 1925 and Prothero and Schoch 1989

Sister taxa: Chasmotheriinae, Desmatotherium, Helaletinae, Jhagirilophus, Vastanolophus

Subtaxa: Paracolodon curtus Paracolodon fissus Paracolodon inceptus

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Type: Paracolodon inceptus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Ergilin Dzo [AMNH] (Eocene of Mongolia)

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