Extinct family of odd-toed ungulates
Deperetellidae is an extinct family of herbivorous odd-toed ungulates containing the genera Bahinolophus Deperetella Irenolophus [ 1] Teleolophus tapirs .[ 2] Eocene deposits of China , Mongolia , Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar .[ 3]
Most deperetellids are known by fragmentary jaws and skull elements.[ 3] [ 4] [ 3]
References
^ 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 . ^ 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. ^ 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 )^ Lucas, Spencer G. (2002). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates . Columbia University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-231-50461-4
