Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Alternative combination: Desmatotherium woodi
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. The Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Upper Eocene Strata in the Northeastern Part of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Part 2. the Mammalian Fauna of The Badwater Area. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(8):1-44
Belongs to Colodon according to L. B. Radinsky 1963
See also Black 1979, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Schoch 1989 and Wilson and Schiebout 1984
Sister taxa: Colodon cingulatus, Colodon copei, Colodon inceptus, Colodon kayi, Colodon occidentalis, Colodon orientalis, Colodon stovalli
Type specimen: USNM 20200, a partial skull (Right maxilla with P3-I\P (P* incomplete))
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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