†Paraceratherium lepidum Xu and Wang 1978 (odd-toed ungulate)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 348093
Alternative combination: Paraceratherium lipidus
Synonym: Paraceratherium zhajremensis Bayshashov 1988 (taxon 347650)
Belongs to Paraceratherium according to Z. Qiu and B. Wang 2007
Sister taxa: Paraceratherium asiaticum, Paraceratherium bugtiense, Paraceratherium grangeri, Paraceratherium huangheense, Baluchitherium osborni
Type specimens:
- Paraceratherium lepidum: TP 9401, a skull. Its type locality is 1 km west of Feiyue Railway station, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Taoshuyuanzi Formation of China.
- Paraceratherium zhajremensis:
Ecology: scansorial insectivore