Hyracotherium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Equoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Panperissodactyla Cladus: Perissodactylamorpha Ordo: Perissodactyla Subordo: Hippomorpha Superfamilia: Equoidea

Familia: †Palaeotheriidae
Genus: †Hyracotherium
Species sensu stricto: H. leporinum
Species incertae sedis: H. levei – H. remyi
Species previously included in the genus: H. aemulor – H. grangeri – H. index – H. pernix – H. sandrae – H. vasacciense
Remarks: Previously Included in Hyracotheriinae of Equidae, and including North American taxa (e.g. Eohippus Marsh, 1876)

Hyracotherium Owen, 1841: 203–206

Type species: Hyracotherium leporinum Owen, 1841, by monotypy
- Holotype: BMNH M 16336

Owen, R. 1841. Description of the fossil remains of a mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum) and of a bird (Lithornis vulturinus) from the London Clay. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 6: 203–208.

Froehlich, D.J. 2002. Quo vadis eohippus? The systematics and taxonomy of the early Eocene equids (Perissodactyla). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (2): 141–256. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00005.x.
Remy, J.A. 2017. Critical comments on the genus Propachynolophus Lemoine, 1891 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equoidea). Paleovertebrata 41(1): e3. DOI: 10.18563/pv.41.1.e3.
Fossilworks - Hyracotherium Accessed on 20 November 2015