Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1880. A new genus of tapiroids. The American Naturalist 14:382-383
Belongs to Triplopus according to D. R. Prothero 1998
See also Cope 1880, Cope 1881, Hay 1902 and Peterson 1919
Sister taxa: Triplopus implicatus, Triplopus jeminaiensis, Triplopus mergenensis, Triplopus obliquidens, Triplopus rhinocerinus, Triplopus woodi, Eotrigonias ergiliinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Washakie B (Lower), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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