Hyracodontidae

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Hyracodontids
Temporal range:
Ma
Hyracodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Rhinocerotoidea
Family: Hyracodontidae
Cope, 1879[1]
Genera

The Hyracodontidae are an

rhinocerotoids endemic to North America, Europe, and Asia during the Eocene through early Oligocene, living from 48.6 to 26.3 million years ago (Mya), existing about 22.3 million years.[2]

The Hyracodontidae thrived in the

southwest China, a former coastal region. Fossil evidence also extends their geographical range to Germany, as well as to Mongolia.[3]

References

Further reading

  • Lucas, S. G. & Sobus, J. C., (1989), The Systematics of Indricotheres. 358–378 in Prothero, D. R. & Schoch, R. M., (eds.) 1989: The Evolution of Perissodactyls, Oxford University Press, New York, New York & Oxford, England.