Amynodon altidens Xu and Chiu 1962 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae

Full reference: Y.-X. Xu and C.-S. Chiu. 1962. Early Tertiary Mammalian Fossils from Lunan, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 6(4):313-332

Belongs to Amynodon according to Y.-X. Xu and C.-S. Chiu 1962

Sister taxa: Amynodon advenus, Amynodon alxaensis, Amynodon lunanensis, Amynodon reedi, Amynodon watanabei

Type specimen: IVPP V2654, a mandible. Its type locality is Lunan beds, Anren village, Lunan, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lumeiyi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Lunan beds, Anren village, Lunan

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