Eomoropus major Zdansky 1930 (chalicothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

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 Zdansky 1930

Sister taxa: Eomoropus amarorum, Eomoropus anarsius, Eomoropus meridiorientalis, Eomoropus minimus, Eomoropus pawnyunti, Eomoropus quadridentatus, Eomoropus ulterior

Type specimen: 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.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Lok. 7, Shang-Ho, Jen-Tsun, Mien-Chih-Hsien, Yuanqu basin

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