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
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Georgia (1 collection)
• Eocene of China (9), Mongolia (2), Romania (1)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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