†Hyrachyus neimongoliensis Qi 1987 (odd-toed ungulate)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Full reference: T. Qi. 1987. The middle Eocene Arshanto fauna (Mammalia) of Inner Mongolia. Annals of Carnegie Museum 56:1-73
Belongs to Hyrachyus according to Qi 1987
Sister taxa: Hyrachyus crista, Hyrachyus eximius, Hyrachyus lunanensis, Hyrachyus metalophus, Hyrachyus minor, Hyrachyus modestus, Hyrachyus nanus, Hyrachyus paradoxus, Hyrachyus tongi, Chasmotherium depereti
Type specimen: IVPP V5721, a skull. Its type locality is Huheboerhe (lower Arshanto), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Arshanto Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Huheboerhe (lower Arshanto)
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