Teleolophus
Appearance
Teleolophus Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Deperetellidae |
Genus: | †Teleolophus Matthew & Granger, 1925 |
Type species | |
†Teleolophus medius Matthew & Granger, 1925
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Species | |
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Teleolophus is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals related to tapirs that flourished in the Eocene of Asia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Tsubamoto, T.; Tsogtbaatar, K.; Watabe, M.; Saneyoshi, M.; Chinzorig, T. (2012). "The function of the crown cementum of Teleolophus, an Eocene deperetellid perissodactyl". Journal of Fossil Research. 44: 78–79.