Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Full reference: Z. Qiu and J. Xie. 1997. A new species of Aprotodon (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(4):250-267
Belongs to Aprotodon according to Z. Qiu and J. Xie 1997
See also Qiu et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Aprotodon aralensis, Aprotodon fatehjangense, Aprotodon smithwoodwardi
Type specimen: GVL 8801, a mandible. Its type locality is Duitinggou Village, which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in the Xianshuihe Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (8 collections)
• Oligocene of China (2)
• Eocene of China (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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