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Deperetellidae

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Deperetellidae
Temporal range: Eocene
Skull of Irenolophus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Tapiroidea
Family: Deperetellidae
Radinsky, 1965
Genera

Deperetellidae is an extinct family of herbivorous odd-toed ungulates containing the genera Bahinolophus, Deperetella, Irenolophus,[1] and Teleolophus. Their closest living relatives are tapirs.[2] Deperetellids are known from the Middle Eocene deposits of China, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar.[3]

Most deperetellids are known by fragmentary jaws and skull elements.[3] Members of Deperetellidae are medium to large-sized animals distinguished from other tapiroids by their high crowned and very bilophodont molars.[4][3]

References

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  1. ^ Bai, B.; Meng, J.; et al. (November 2019). "A new early Eocene deperetellid tapiroid illuminates the origin of Deperetellidae and the pattern of premolar molarization in Perissodactyla". PLOS ONE. 14 (11): e0225045. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1425045B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225045. PMC 6839866. PMID 31703104.
  2. ^ Tsubamoto, T.; Egi, N.; Takai, M.; Sein, C.; Maung, M. (2005). "Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: A review with description of new specimens" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 117–138.
  3. ^ a b c Bai Bin, Wang Yuan-Qing, Meng Jin (2018). "Postcranial morphology of Middle Eocene deperetellid Teleolophus (Perissodactyla, Tapiroidea) from Shara Murun region of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 56 (3): 193-215. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.171214.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Lucas, Spencer G. (2002). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-231-50461-4.