Indolophus is an extinct genus of perissodactyl belonging to the clade Tapiromorpha, which includes modern-day tapirs. Fossils have been found in the Early Eocene of Myanmar.[1]
Indolophus Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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Family: | Indolophidae |
Genus: | Indolophus |
Species: | I. guptai |
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Indolophus guptai Pilgrim, 1925 |
Description
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]