Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Helohyidae
Synonyms: Lophiohyus Sinclair 1914, Thinotherium Marsh 1872, Thinotherium Cope 1870
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
Parent taxon: Helohyidae according to S. E. Foss 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Coombs and Coombs 1977, Cope 1870, FerrusquÃa-Villafranca 2006, Gazin 1955, Hay 1902, Marsh 1877, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sinclair 1914, Spaulding et al. 2009, Stucky 1998 and Walsh 2000
Sister taxa: Achaenodon, Archaenodon, Discritochoerus, Dyscritochoerus, Gobiohyus, Heliosus, Ithygrammodon, Lophiohys, Pakkokuhyus, Parahyus, Progenitohyus
Subtaxa: Helohyus lentus Helohyus milleri Helohyus plicodon Ithygrammodon cameloides Thinotherium annulatum
Type: Helohyus plicodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection), United States (35: Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences
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