Hyracotherium levei Hooker 1994 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Alternative combination: Propachynolophus levei

Full reference: J. J. Hooker. 1994. The beginning of the equoid radiation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 112:29-63

Belongs to Hyracotherium according to J. A. Remy 2017

See also Hooker 1994

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

Type specimen: BMNH.M49399, a maxilla (Left maxilla with P3-M3)

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Sables de Guise, Conde-en-Brie (Eocene of France)

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