Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Helaletidae
Synonyms: Chasmotheriodes, Chasmotheroides Wood 1934
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1883. Two new Eocene lophiodonts. Contributions from the E. M. Museum of Geology and Archeology of Princeton College 3(4):46-53
Parent taxon: Helaletidae according to B. Bai et al. 2017
See also Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hay 1902, Hough 1955, Matthew 1909, Osborn 1923, Peterson 1919, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Radinsky 1963, Schoch 1984, Schoch 1989, Scott 1883, Troxell 1922 and Wood 1934
Sister taxa: Chasmotheriinae, Helaletinae, Jhagirilophus, Paracolodon, Vastanolophus
Subtaxa: Desmatotherium mongoliense
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection), Mongolia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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