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Teleolophus

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Teleolophus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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]

References

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  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.