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Pataecops minutissimus Reshetov 1979 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 332429

Alternative combination: Rhodopagus minutissimus

Synonym: Pataecops microdon Reshetov 1979 (taxon 332425)

Belongs to Pataecops according to A. O. Averianov and M. Godinot 2005

Sister taxon: Pataecops parvus

Type specimens:

  • Pataecops minutissimus: PIN 3486-1, a maxilla. Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
  • Pataecops microdon: Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore