Triplopus woodi Stock 1936 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Full reference: C. Stock. 1936. Perissodactyla of the Sespe Eocene, California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 22(5):260-265

Belongs to Triplopus according to D. R. Prothero 1998

See also Stock 1936

Sister taxa: Triplopus cubitalis, Triplopus implicatus, Triplopus jeminaiensis, Triplopus mergenensis, Triplopus obliquidens, Triplopus rhinocerinus, Eotrigonias ergiliinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Strathern (Bed CS13), which is in an Uintan/Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: California collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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