Hyracotherium tapirinum Cope 1875 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army 5-37

Belongs to Hyracotherium according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

Sister taxa: Hyracotherium leporinum, Hyracotherium levei, Hyracotherium remyi, Hyracotherium vasacciense

Type specimen: USNM 1064, a mandible (right mandible fragment with P3–M3)

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hyracotherium tapirinum in the database

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