Teleolophus

Teleolophus is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals related to tapirs that flourished in the Eocene of Asia.[1]

Teleolophus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Deperetellidae
Genus: †Teleolophus
Matthew & Granger, 1925
Type species
†Teleolophus medius
Matthew & Granger, 1925
Species
  • T. danjiangensis
  • T. daviesi
  • T. magnus
  • T. medius
  • T. sichuanensis
  • T. zaisanicus

References
  1. 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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