Tylocephalonyx skinneri Coombs 1979 (chalicothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Full reference: M. C. Coombs. 1979. Tylocephalonyx, a new genus of North American dome-skulled chalicotheres (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 164(1):1-64

Belongs to Tylocephalonyx according to M. C. Coombs 1979

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Greenside Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian fluvial siltstone in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (17: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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