Hesperaletes Colbert 2006 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: M. W. Colbert. 2006. Hesperaletes (Mammalia : Perissodactyla), a new tapiroid from the middle Eocene of southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):697-711

Parent taxon: Tapiroidea according to M. W. Colbert 2006

See also Lofgren et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Cambaylophus, Deperetellidae, Euryletes, Haagella, Helaletes, Helaletidae, Heptodon, Heptodontidae, Tapiridae, Thuliadanta

Subtaxa: Hesperaletes borineyi Hesperaletes walshi

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (18: California, Montana collections)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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