Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Alternative combinations: Hyrachyus obliquidens, Prothyracodon obliquidens
Synonyms: Prothyracodon intermedium Scott and Osborn 1887, Triplopus grangeri Wood 1927
Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126):255-264
Belongs to Triplopus according to D. R. Prothero 1998
See also Black 1979, Hay 1902, Peterson 1919, Radinsky 1967, Scott and Osborn 1887, Wood 1927 and Wood 1934
Sister taxa: Triplopus cubitalis, Triplopus implicatus, Triplopus jeminaiensis, Triplopus mergenensis, Triplopus rhinocerinus, Triplopus woodi, Eotrigonias ergiliinensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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