Homogalax Hay 1899 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1899. On the Names of Certain North American Fossil Vertebrates. Science 9(225):593-594

Parent taxon: Tapiromorpha according to M. W. Colbert 2005

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hay 1902, Holbrook 1999, Holbrook et al. 2004, Hooker and Dashzeveg 2004, Lucas and Kondrashov 2004, Peterson 1919, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Radinsky 1963

Sister taxa: Ancylopoda, Breviodontidae, Cardiolophus, Ceratomorpha, Isectolophidae, Isectolophus, Kalakotia, Lophialetidae, Rhodopagidae, Systemodon, Isectolophomorpha, Rhinotapiromorpha

Subtaxa: Homogalax aureus Homogalax namadicus Homogalax primaevus Homogalax protapirinus Homogalax wutuensis

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Type: Systemodon primaevus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (2 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (2), United States (163: Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 168 collections including 172 occurrences

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