Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Full reference: C. Stock. 1933. Perissodactyla from the Sespe of the Las Posas Hills, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 440(3):14-27
Belongs to Subhyracodon according to D. R. Prothero 2005
See also Lander 1983, Stock 1933 and Wood 1960
Sister taxa: Hyracodon planiceps, Subhyracodon mitis, Subhyracodon occidentalis, Subhyracodon woodi, Caenopus (Leptaceratherium), Caenopus yoderensis, Caenopus simplicidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kew Quarry, which is in a Whitneyan/Arikareean terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Sespe Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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