†Pyrodon xinjiangensis Zhai 1978 (uintathere)
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Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Full reference: R. Zhai. 1978. Two new early Eocene mammals from Sinkiang Uighur with remarks on the age of Gashato Fromation. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (= Nanjing Dizhi Gushengwu Yanjiusuo Jikan) 13:102-106
Belongs to Pyrodon according to R. Zhai 1978
Sister taxa: Prodinoceras martyr, Mongolotherium efremovi, Mongolotherium plantigradum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dabu, Shisanjianfang, Turpan basin, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Dabu Formation of China
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dabu, Shisanjianfang, Turpan basin
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