Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Full reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1996. A new hyracodontid (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea) from the Ergilin Dzo Formation (Oligocene, Quarry 1) in Dzamyn Ude, Eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3178:1-12
Belongs to Prohyracodon according to D. Dashzeveg 1996
Sister taxa: Prohyracodon meridionale, Prohyracodon orientale, Prohyracodon parvum, Prothyracodon uintense
Type specimen: PSS no 42/1, a partial skull (incomplete juvenile skull). Its type locality is Dzamyn Ude, Quarry 1 Ergilin Dzo Formation, which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine conglomerate/claystone in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Dzamyn Ude, Quarry 1 Ergilin Dzo Formation
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