Orthocynodon Scott and Osborn 1882 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae

Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1882. Orthocynodon, an animal related to the rhinoceros, from the Bridger Eocene. American Journal of Science 24(141):223-225

Parent taxon: Amynodontidae according to W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn 1883

See also Hay 1902, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Scott and Osborn 1882, Scott and Osborn 1887, Troxell 1921, Wall 1982, Wall 1989 and Wilson and Schiebout 1981

Sister taxa: Amynodon, Amynodontinae, Amynodontopsis, Andarakodon, Cadurcodontini, Cadurcotheriinae, Gigantamynodon, Gigantamynodon cessator, Gigantamynodon giganteus, Gigantamynodon maguanensis, Metamynodontini, Paramynodontinae, Rostriamynodon, Rostriamynodontinae, Sharamynodon

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthocynodon in the database

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