Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Eohippus vasacciensis, Lophiotherium vasacciense, Notharctus vasacciensis, Notharctus vasachiensis, Orohippus vasacciensis, Orotherium vasacciense
Synonyms: Heptodon singularis Cope 1875, Hyrachyus singularis Cope 1875, Hyracotherium singularis Cope 1875, Pachynolophus singularis Cope 1875
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. On a new genus of Pleurodira from the Eocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-6
Belongs to Hyracotherium according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1872, Cope 1872, Cope 1872, Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Gazin 1952, Gingerich 1991, Granger 1908, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Radinsky 1963, Wood 1934 and Wortman 1896
Sister taxa: Hyracotherium leporinum, Hyracotherium levei, Hyracotherium remyi, Hyracotherium tapirinum
Type specimens:
- Hyracotherium vasacciense: AMNH 4658, a tooth (jaw with one lower molar). Its type locality is A point near Bear River, 6 miles north of Evanston, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
- Hyrachyus singularis:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (45: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
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