Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Parent taxon: Palaeotheriidae according to J. A. Remy 2017
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cope 1881, Froehlich 2002, Hooker 1994, Hooker 1996, Hooker and Dashzeveg 2004, Lucas and Kondrashov 2004, MacFadden 1998, Owen 1848, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Cantabrotherium, Eurohippus, Franzenium, Iberolophus, Leptolophus, Orolophus, Pachynolophinae, Palaeotheriinae, Paraplagiolophus, Propachynolophus, Pseudopalaeotherium
Subtaxa: Hyracotherium leporinum Hyracotherium levei Hyracotherium remyi Hyracotherium tapirinum Hyracotherium vasacciense
Type: Hyracotherium leporinum
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (3 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (195: Colorado, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 203 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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