Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Alternative combination: Helaletes minusculus
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1883. Two new Eocene lophiodonts. Contributions from the E. M. Museum of Geology and Archeology of Princeton College 3(4):46-53
Belongs to Dilophodon according to L. B. Radinsky 1963
See also Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, McCarroll et al. 1996, Osborn 1923, Peterson 1919, Schoch 1989, Scott 1883, Troxell 1922 and Wortman and Earle 1893
Sister taxon: Dilophodon destitutus
Type specimen: YPM-PU 10019, a mandible (a portion of the lower jaw, embracing the right ramus with the entire molar series and the symphysis, but lacking the canines and incisors)
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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