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A new species ofDiplolophodon (Perissodactyla: Tapiroidea) from Yunnan, China

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This paper is a study of the tapir fossils (PGM V29, PGM V31,PGM V713) which were reported asDeperetella similis by Zhou et al.Deperetella similis Zhou et al., 1974 from late Eocene deposits of Lunan, Yunnan, China is renamed asDiplolophodon lunanensis sp. nov. Renamed specimens (PGM V29,PGM V31, PGM V713)is distinguished fromDiplolophodon similis by its flat ectoloph.Diplolophodon is not a synonym ofDeperetella and should be resurrected by their differences of tooth morphologies.Deperetella similis from Lijiang andDeperetella cf.D. similis from Guangxi should be reassigned asDiplolophodon cf.lunanensis.

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  1. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China

    Haiyue Jin

  2. Department of Geoenvironmental Sciences, Kongju National University, 314-701, Kongju, Korea

    Kwang-soo Seo

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Jin, H., Seo, Ks. A new species ofDiplolophodon (Perissodactyla: Tapiroidea) from Yunnan, China. Geosci J 5, 153–157 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02910420

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