Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Full reference: X.-S. Huang and J.-W. Wang. 2002. Notes on Hyrachyus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Tapiroidea) from the Middle Eocene of Yuanqu Basin , Shanxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(3):211-218
Belongs to Hyrachyus according to X.-S. Huang and J.-W. Wang 2002
Sister taxa: Hyrachyus crista, Hyrachyus eximius, Hyrachyus lunanensis, Hyrachyus metalophus, Hyrachyus minor, Hyrachyus modestus, Hyrachyus nanus, Hyrachyus neimongoliensis, Hyrachyus paradoxus, Chasmotherium depereti
Type specimen: IVPP V13100, a partial skull. Its type locality is Huoshipo, Guojiazhuang Village, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Hedi Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Huoshipo, Guojiazhuang Village
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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