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†family Hyracodontidae Cope 1879 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Parent taxon: Rhinocerotoidea according to H. Wang et al. 2016

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1881, Cope 1889, Dashzeveg 1996, Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Hay 1902, Holbrook 1999, Lambe 1908, Peterson 1919, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Radinsky 1966

Sister taxa: Amynodontidae, Caenolophus, Eggysodontidae, Ergilia, Huananodon, Hyrachyidae, Meschotherium, Ninxiatherium, Paraceratheriidae, Punjabitherium, Rhinocerotidae, Siamolophus, Symphysorrhachis, Toxotherium, Veragromovia

Subtaxa: Allaceropinae Alloceropinae Ardynia Epitriplopus Hyracodon Hyracodontinae Ilianodon Pataecops Praeaceratherium Prohyracodon Rhodopagus Triplopides Triplopodinae Triplopus Ulania Yimengia

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Type: Hyracodon

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

• Oligocene of China (3), Georgia (1), Kazakhstan (1), United States (49: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1), United States (1: Wyoming)

• Eocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), China (30), Kazakhstan (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (9), United States (87: California, Colorado, Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 193 collections including 219 occurrences

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