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