Lophiodon eygalayense Labarrère and Montenat 2011 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae

Full reference: H.-P. Labarrère and C. Montenat. 2011. Le Lophiodon (Mammifère périssodactyle) du Lutétien d’Eygalayes (Drôme, France). Annales de Paléontologie 97:139-156

Belongs to Lophiodon according to H.-P. Labarrère and C. Montenat 2011

Sister taxa: Lophiodon (Coryphodon), Lophiodon ballardi, Lophiodon buchsowillanum, Lophiodon cuvieri, Lophiodon filholi, Lophiodon isselense, Lophiodon lautricense, Lophiodon leptorhynchum, Lophiodon parisiense, Lophiodon parvulum, Lophiodon remensis, Lophiodon rhinocerodes, Lophiodon sardus, Lophiodon tapirotherium, Lophiodon thomasi

Type specimen: MNHN Egy 22, a maxilla. Its type locality is Eygalayes, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling folivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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