Prohyracodon Koch 1897 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Synonyms: Meninatherium Abel 1910, Prothyracodon Scott and Osborn 1887

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

See also Black 1979, Carroll 1988, Dashzeveg 1991, Dashzeveg 1996, Hay 1902, Peterson 1919, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Radinsky 1966, Radinsky 1967 and Radinsky 1969

Sister taxa: Allaceropinae, Alloceropinae, Ardynia, Epitriplopus, Hyracodon, Hyracodontinae, Ilianodon, Pataecops, Praeaceratherium, Rhodopagus, Triplopides, Triplopodinae, Triplopus, Ulania, Yimengia

Subtaxa: Prohyracodon meridionale Prohyracodon obrutschewi Prohyracodon orientale Prohyracodon parvum Prothyracodon uintense

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Georgia (1 collection)

• Eocene of China (9), Mongolia (2), Romania (1)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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