Forstercooperia Wood, 1938

Wang, Hai-Bing, Bai, Bin, Meng, Jin & Wang, Yuan-Qing, 2018, A New Species of Forstercooperia (Perissodactyla: Paraceratheriidae) from Northern China with a Systematic Revision of Forstercooperiines, American Museum Novitates 2018 (3897), pp. 1-44 : 4

Forstercooperia Wood, 1938

TYPE SPECIES: Forstercooperia totadentata Wood, 1938 .

INCLUDED SPECIES: The type species, Forstercooperia mazhuangensis Qiu and Wang, 2007 , and Forstercooperia ulanshirehensis , sp. nov.

REVISED DIAGNOSIS: Large forstercooperiines with skull length about 455 mm and length of M1–M3/m1–m3 about 105–130 mm ( table 1–3). Differs from Pappaceras in having a larger body size (the length of molar series greater than 100 mm), a transversely narrower postglenoid fossa with a well-developed median ridge separating two articular facets, sagittal crest distinct, occipital condyle comparatively more enlarged, dentition complete; I2 slightly larger than I1 and I3, canines stout and rounded at base; P2 premolarized with protocone and hypocone slightly separated; M3 triangular in occlusal outline along with the absence of metacone and ectoloph; tooth crowns of lower incisors nearly symmetric with distinct mesial and distal flanges, i2 larger than i1 and i3; and talonids of p3–4 elongate with the presence of entoconid.