Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypisodontidae
Alternative combination: Leptauchenia minima
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 16:1-8
Belongs to Hypisodus according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Cope 1874, Frick 1937, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Scott 1940 and Vislobokova 2001
Sister taxa: Hypisodus alacer, Hypisodus ironsi, Hypisodus paululus, Hypisodus retallacki, Hypisodus ringens
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (10: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (6: Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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