Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae

Full reference: B. Bai, Y.-Q. Wang, J.M. Theodor and J. Meng. 2023. Small artiodactyls with tapir-like teeth from the middle Eocene of the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Frontiers in Earth Science 11:1117911

Parent taxon: Tapirulidae according to B. Bai et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Tapiruloides, Tapirulus

Subtaxa: Obotherium parvum Obotherium tongi

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Obotherium in the database

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.