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Prohyracodon parvum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Prohyracodon parvum was named by Dashzeveg (1991). Its type specimen is PSS 27-14, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khoer Dzan (Sevkhul), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. meridionalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Prohyracodon parvum Dashzeveg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusProhyracodonKoch 1897
speciesparvum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Prohyracodon parvum Dashzeveg 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available