Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Full reference: M. Godinot, H.-P. Labarrère, J. Erfurt, J. L. Franzen, B. Lange-Badre, F. Lapparent Broin, and D. Vidalenc. 2018. Un nouveau gisement à vertébrés éocènes, Rouzilhac (MP 10-11), dans la série molassique d’Issel (Aude, France). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37:141-333
Belongs to Lophiobunodon according to M. Godinot et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Lophiobunodon minervoisensis, Lophiobunodon rhodanicum
Type specimen: MNHN.RZ 137, a maxilla (maxilla with dp4-m2). Its type locality is Rouzilhac, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian coarse channel fill sandstone/siltstone in the Molasse de Carcassonne Formation of France.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Rouzilhac
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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