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Teleolophus

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

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Teleolophus
Temporal range: Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
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

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

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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.