Orolophus Remy 2017 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Synonym: Orotherium Marsh 1872 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. A. Remy. 2017. Critical comments on the genus Propachynolophus Lemoine, 1891 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equoidea). Paleovertebrata 41

Parent taxon: Palaeotheriidae according to J. A. Remy 2017

See also Granger 1908, Hay 1902 and Kitts 1957

Sister taxa: Cantabrotherium, Eurohippus, Franzenium, Hyracotherium, Iberolophus, Leptolophus, Pachynolophinae, Palaeotheriinae, Paraplagiolophus, Propachynolophus, Pseudopalaeotherium

Subtaxa: Orolophus maldani

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Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orolophus in the database

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