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Hyracodon petersoni

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyracodon petersoni was named by Wood (1926) [not the same as Wood 1927]. Its type specimen is CM 3572 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyracodon priscidens by Tanner and Martin (1976).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Hyracodon selenidens Troxell
1926Hyracodon petersoni Wood p. 315
1935Hyracodon ischyrolophus Schlaikjer
1976Hyracodon selenidens Tanner and Martin
1996Hyracodon petersoni Prothero
1998Hyracodon petersoni Prothero p. 591

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusHyracodon
speciespetersoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Hyracodon petersoni Wood 1926
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Invalid names: Hyracodon ischyrolophus Schlaikjer 1935 [synonym], Hyracodon selenidens Troxell 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:07:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:07:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Hyracodon ischyrolophus (17045)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Hyracodon petersoni (17023)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Texas) Hyracodon petersoni (16886 16934)