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Hyracodon
Taxonomy
Hyracodon was named by Leidy (1856). It is the type genus of Hyracodontinae.
It was reranked as Rhinoceros (Hyracodon) by Leidy (1857).
It was assigned to Pachydermata by Leidy (1856); to Rhinoceros by Leidy (1857); to Hyracodontinae by Hay (1902), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Prothero (1998); and to Hyracodontidae by Cope (1881), Lambe (1908), Scott (1913), Wood (1960), Radinsky (1966), Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Carroll (1988), Holbrook (1999) and Wang et al. (2016).
It was reranked as Rhinoceros (Hyracodon) by Leidy (1857).
It was assigned to Pachydermata by Leidy (1856); to Rhinoceros by Leidy (1857); to Hyracodontinae by Hay (1902), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Prothero (1998); and to Hyracodontidae by Cope (1881), Lambe (1908), Scott (1913), Wood (1960), Radinsky (1966), Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Carroll (1988), Holbrook (1999) and Wang et al. (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1856 | Hyracodon Leidy p. 91 |
| 1857 | Rhinoceros (Hyracodon) Leidy p. 89 |
| 1881 | Hyracodon Cope p. 393 |
| 1902 | Hyracodon Hay p. 640 |
| 1908 | Hyracodon Lambe |
| 1913 | Hyracodon Scott p. 291 |
| 1931 | Mesamynodon Peterson |
| 1960 | Hyracodon Wood p. 100 |
| 1966 | Hyracodon Radinsky p. 635 |
| 1969 | Hyracodon Ferrusquia-Villafranca |
| 1988 | Hyracodon Carroll |
| 1989 | Mesamynodon Prothero and Schoch p. 534 |
| 1989 | Hyracodon Prothero and Schoch p. 535 |
| 1998 | Hyracodon Prothero p. 591 |
| 1999 | Hyracodon Holbrook p. 346 |
| 2016 | Hyracodon Wang et al. |
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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.
G. †Hyracodon Leidy 1856
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†Hyracodon browni Russell 1934
†Hyracodon major Scott and Osborn 1887
†Hyracodon medius Peterson 1934
†Hyracodon nebraskensis Leidy 1850
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Invalid names: Hyracodon arcidens Cope 1873 [synonym], Hyracodon arcidens mimus Troxell 1921 [synonym], Hyracodon doddi Tanner and Martin 1976 [synonym]
†Hyracodon petersoni Wood 1926
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Invalid names: Hyracodon ischyrolophus Schlaikjer 1935 [synonym], Hyracodon selenidens Troxell 1921 [synonym]
†Hyracodon primus Peterson 1934
†Hyracodon priscidens Lambe 1905
Invalid names: Mesamynodon Peterson 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available