†family Hyrachyidae Osborn 1892 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae

Alternative spelling: Hyrachyinae

Parent taxon: Rhinocerotoidea according to L. T. Holbrook 1999

See also Hay 1902, Peterson 1919 and Radinsky 1966

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

Subtaxa: Hyrachyus Hyrachyus douglassi Subhyrachyus

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Type: Hyrachyus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1 collection)

• Eocene of China (8), France (6), Germany (14), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (129: California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 167 collections including 187 occurrences

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