Selenaletes Radinsky 1966 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: L. B. Radinsky. 1966.  A New Genus of Early Eocene Tapiroid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) . Journal of Paleontology 40(3):740-742

Parent taxon: Ceratomorpha according to M. W. Colbert and R. M. Schoch 1998

See also Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Radinsky 1966

Sister taxa: Breviodon, Deperetellidea, Fouchia, Karagalax, Lophialetidea, Parabreviodon, Rhinocerotoidea, Schizotheroides, Tapiridea, Tapiroidea

Subtaxa: Selenaletes scopaeus

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Type: Selenaletes scopaeus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Davis Ranch (Eocene of Wyoming)

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