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Lophialetes
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| Lophialetes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Lophialetidae |
| Genus: | †Lophialetes Matthew and Granger, 1925 |
Lophialetes is an extinct genus of lophialetid from the Eocene epoch found in China.
Palaeoecology
[edit]Dental microwear reveals that L. expeditus was a mixed feeder that incorporated a small amount of fruit and large quantities of grit in its diet.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Gong, Yan-Xin; Wang, Yuan-Qing; Mao, Fang-Yuan; Bai, Bin; Li, Qian; Wang, Hai-Bing; Jin, Xun; Meng, Jin (2 September 2021). "Dietary reconstruction and palaeoecology of Eocene Lophialetidae (Mammalia: Tapiroidea) from the Erlian Basin of China: evidence from dental microwear". Historical Biology. 33 (9): 1624–1635. Bibcode:2021HBio...33.1624G. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1722660. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 20 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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