Hyracodon major Scott and Osborn 1887 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary account of the fossil mammals from the White River formation contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 13(5):151-171

Belongs to Hyracodon according to W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn 1887

See also Hay 1902, Prothero 1996, Sinclair 1922, Troxell 1921 and Wood 1960

Sister taxa: Hyracodon browni, Hyracodon leidyanus, Hyracodon medius, Hyracodon nebraskensis, Hyracodon petersoni, Hyracodon primus, Hyracodon priscidens

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hyracodon major in the database

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