Leptolophus cuestai Perales-Gogenola et al. 2021 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Full reference: L. Perales-Gogenola, A. Badiola, A. Gómez-Olivencia and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2021. New Leptolophus (Palaeotheriidae) species from the Iberian Peninsula and early evidence of hypsodonty in an Eocene perissodactyl. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(1):e1912061

Belongs to Leptolophus according to L. Perales-Gogenola et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Leptolophus franzeni, Leptolophus magnus, Leptolophus nouleti, Leptolophus stehlini

Type specimen: MCNA 9948, a tooth (right M2). Its type locality is Zambrana, which is in a MP 18 lacustrine marl/limestone in Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Zambrana

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