Teleolophus

Teleolophus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Tapiroidea
Family: Deperetellidae
Genus: Teleolophus
Matthew & Granger, 1925

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


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" (PDF). Journal of Fossil Research. 44: 78–79.
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