Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Synonym: Simplaletes Qi 1980
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1926. Two new perissodactyls from the Arshanto Eocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 208:1-5
Parent taxon: Lophialetidae according to L. T. Holbrook 1999
See also Carroll 1988, Li and Wang 2010, Lucas et al. 1997, Matthew and Granger 1926, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Qi 1980 and Sahni and Khare 1973
Sister taxa: Ampholophus, Eoletes, Eoletidae, Lophialetes, Minchenoletes, Zhongjianoletes
Subtaxa: Schlosseria hetaoyuanensis Schlosseria magister
Type: Schlosseria magister
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of China (9), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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