Colodon Marsh 1890 (tapir)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonym: Mesotapirus Scott and Osborn 1890

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1890. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. American Journal of Science 39:523-525

Parent taxon: Tapiridae according to M. W. Colbert 2005

See also Alroy 2002, Bjork 1967, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hay 1902, Holbrook 1999, Matthew and Granger 1925, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Radinsky 1963, Radinsky 1966 and Scott 1913

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Colodon cingulatus Colodon copei Colodon inceptus Colodon kayi Colodon occidentalis Colodon orientalis Colodon stovalli Colodon woodi

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of Kazakhstan (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Georgia (1), Kazakhstan (1), United States (15: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1), Kazakhstan (1), North Korea (1)

• Eocene of Canada (7: Saskatchewan), China (1), Mongolia (2), North Korea (1), United States (27: California, Montana, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 60 collections including 61 occurrences

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