Indolophus is an extinct genus of

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belonging to the clade Tapiromorpha, which includes modern-day

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s. Fossils have been found in the Early

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Description

''Indolophus'' can be distinguished from other tapiromorphs in the characteristics of the upper

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; 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.Tsubamoto, T., Soe Thura Tun, Egi, N., Takai, M., Shigehara, N., Aung Naing Soe, Aye Ko Aung, and Tin Thein. 2003. Reevaluation of some ungulate mammals from the Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar. Paleontological Research, 7:219-243.

References

Tapiroidea Fossil taxa described in 1925 {{paleo-oddtoedungulate-stub