Dilophodon destitutus Zonneveld and Gunnell 2003 (tapir)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Full reference: J.-P. Zonneveld and G. F. Gunnell. 2003. A new species of cf. Dilophodon (Mammalia; Perissodactyla) from the early Bridgerian of southwestern Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):652-658

Belongs to Dilophodon according to J.-P. Zonneveld and G. F. Gunnell 2003

Sister taxon: Dilophodon minusculus

Type specimen: UM 94913, a partial skeleton (left dentary, fragments of right dentary, and right distal tibia). Its type locality is Little Muddy V (UM BB-13), which is in a Bridgerian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/shale in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Little Muddy V (UM BB-13)

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