Propalaeotherium sinense Zdansky 1930 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Full reference: O. Zdansky. 1930. Die alttertiären Säugetiere Chinas nebst stratigraphischen Bemerkungen (Mammalian fauna of the Lower Tertiary from China and some stratigraphic remarks). Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 7(2):1-87

Belongs to Propalaeotherium according to O. Zdansky 1930

Sister taxa: Propalaeotherium argentonicum, Propalaeotherium gaudryi, Propalaeotherium hassiacum, Propalaeotherium helveticum, Propalaeotherium rollinati, Propalaeotherium sudrei, Propalaeotherium voigti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Guanzhuang Mengyinxian County, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial sandstone in China

Ecology: ground dwelling folivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Guanzhuang Mengyinxian County

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