Hypisodus Cope 1873 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypisodontidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)

Parent taxon: Hypisodontidae according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cook 1934, Gazin 1955, Hay 1902, Johnson 1966, Korth et al. 2022, Matthew 1908, Scott 1940 and Vislobokova 1998

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Hypisodus alacer Hypisodus ironsi Hypisodus minimus Hypisodus paululus Hypisodus retallacki Hypisodus ringens

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (21: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of United States (13: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming)

Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences

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