Teleolophus daviesi Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958 (tapir)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Full reference: R. Dehm and T. Oettingen-Spielberg. 1958. Paläontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär von Pakistan. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 91:1-54

Belongs to Teleolophus according to R. Dehm and T. Oettingen-Spielberg 1958

Sister taxa: Teleolophus danjiangensis, Teleolophus magnus, Teleolophus medius, Teleolophus primarius, Teleolophus rectus, Teleolophus shandongensis, Teleolophus sichuanensis, Teleolophus xui, Teleolophus zaisanicus

Type specimen: IPHG 1956 II 33, a tooth. Its type locality is Ganda Kas, which is in a Lutetian marine mudstone in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Ganda Kas

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