Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Alternative combination: Eotrigonias rhinocerinus
Full reference: H. E. Wood. 1927. Some early Tertiary rhinoceroses and hyracodonts. Bulletins of American Paleontology 13(50):1-105
Belongs to Triplopus according to D. Lofgren et al. 2020
See also Hanson 1989, Prothero 1998, Radinsky 1967, Wilson and Stevens 1986, Wood 1927 and Wood 1929
Sister taxa: Triplopus cubitalis, Triplopus implicatus, Triplopus jeminaiensis, Triplopus mergenensis, Triplopus obliquidens, Triplopus woodi, Eotrigonias ergiliinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lake Fork, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Montana, Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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