Indolophus
| Indolophus Temporal range: Early Eocene
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| Genus: | Indolophus
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| Species: | I. guptai
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| Indolophus guptai Pilgrim, 1925
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Indolophus is an extinct genus of perissodactyl belonging to the clade Tapiromorpha, which includes modern-day tapirs. Fossils have been found in Eocene deposits of Myanmar.[1]
Description
[edit]Indolophus can be distinguished from other tapiromorphs in the characteristics of the upper dentition; it is distinguished from other basal tapiromorphs in having a more developed molar and protolophid and hypolophid. Indolophus is more primitive than tapiroids due to the lophodont dentiton and the absence of lingual and buccal cingula and molar metaconule.[2] I. guptai has been estimated to have had a body mass of approximately 20.7 kg.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ G. E. Pilgrim. 1925. The Perissodactyla of the Eocene of Burma. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 8(3):1-28.
- ^ Tsubamoto, Takehisa; Tun, Soe Thura; Egi, Naoko; Takai, Masanaru; Shigehara, Nobuo; Soe, Aung Naing; Aung, Aye Ko; Thein, Tin (30 September 2003). "Reevaluation of some ungulate mammals from the Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar". Paleontological Research. 7 (3): 219–243. doi:10.2517/prpsj.7.219. ISSN 1342-8144. Retrieved 21 September 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.
- ^ Tsubamoto, Takehisa; Egi, Naoko; Takai, Masanaru; Sein, Chit; Maung, Maung (2005). "Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: A review with description of new specimens" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 117–138 – via Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
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