Pappaceras meiomenus Wang et al. 2016 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Full reference: H. Wang, B. Bai, J. Meng and Y. Wang. 2016. Earliest known unequivocal rhinocerotoid sheds new light on the origin of Giant Rhinos and phylogeny of early rhinocerotoids. Scientific Reports 6:39607:1-9

Belongs to Pappaceras according to H. Wang et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Pappaceras confluens, Pappaceras minuta

Type specimen: IVPP V20254, a skull. Its type locality is Huheboerhe-Nuhetingboerhe (AS-5), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Arshanto Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Huheboerhe-Nuhetingboerhe (AS-5)

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