Hyracodon primus Peterson 1934 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Belongs to Hyracodon according to D. R. Prothero 1998

See also Prothero 1996, Radinsky 1967, Rasmussen et al. 1999, Scott 1945 and Wilson and Schiebout 1984

Sister taxa: Hyracodon browni, Hyracodon leidyanus, Hyracodon major, Hyracodon medius, Hyracodon nebraskensis, Hyracodon petersoni, Hyracodon priscidens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Halfway Hollow (Lapoint Member), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Duchesne River Formation of Utah

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hyracodon primus in the database

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