Hyracodon

Hyracodon; Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skeleton in Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Hyracodontidae
Genus:	†Hyracodon; Leidy, 1856
Species
	†H. browni; †H. leidyanus; †H. medius; †H. nebraskensis; †H. petersoni; †H. affinis; †H. eximus; †H. modestus; †H. primus; †H. princeps; †H. priscidens;

Hyracodon ('

perissodactyl

mammal.

It was a lightly built,

rhinocerotoids, but it was a much smaller animal and differed very little in appearance from the primitive horses of which it was a contemporary (32–26 million years ago). It had a short, broad snout and its long, slender limbs had three digits.^[2]

Like the primitive horses,

phylogenetic

branch of hornless, running rhinocerotoids.

References

ISBN 0-231-11012-X
.

ISBN 1-84028-152-9
.

Sources

Benes, Josef (1979). Prehistoric Animals and Plants. Prague, CZ: Artua. p. 220.

Taxon identifiers
Hyracodon

Wikidata: Q930000

Paleobiology Database: 196734

Paleobiology Database: 43155

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[McK&B-1] ISBN 0-231-11012-X
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[EoDP-2] ISBN 1-84028-152-9
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