Hypisodus retallacki Meehan and Martin 2004 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypisodontidae

Full reference: T. J. Meehan and L. D. Martin. 2004. Emended genus description and a new species of Hypisodus (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Hypertragulidae). in Paleogene Mammals, S. G. Lucas, K. E. Zeigler, and P.E. Kondrashov (eds.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (26)137-143

Belongs to Hypisodus according to T. J. Meehan and L. D. Martin 2004

Sister taxa: Hypisodus alacer, Hypisodus ironsi, Hypisodus minimus, Hypisodus paululus, Hypisodus ringens

Type specimen: USNM 1054, a skeleton. Its type locality is UNSM Mo-0 (Whitney), which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at UNSM Mo-0 (Whitney)

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