Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Synonym: Eomoropus zhanggouensis Cheng and Ma 1990
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 Eomoropus according to E. H. Colbert 1935
See also Cheng and Ma 1990, Lucas 2004 and Zdansky 1930
Sister taxa: Eomoropus amarorum, Eomoropus anarsius, Eomoropus major, Eomoropus meridiorientalis, Eomoropus minimus, Eomoropus pawnyunti, Eomoropus ulterior
Type specimens:
- Eomoropus quadridentatus: Its type locality is Lok7, Shang-Ho, Jen-Tsun, Mien-Chih-Hsien, Yuanqu basin, which is in a Sharamurunian terrestrial marl in the Hedi Formation of China.
- Eomoropus zhanggouensis: GV86083, a tooth (Left M1). Its type locality is 500 m east of Zhanggou Village, which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Yuhuangding Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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