Bahinolophus

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Bahinolophus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Deperetellidae
Genus: Bahinolophus
Tsubamoto, 2005
Species:
B. birmanicus
Binomial name
Bahinolophus birmanicus
Pilgrim, 1925

Bahinolophus is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals that flourished in the middle Eocene and were related to tapirs. The genus was defined in 2005.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.