Biology:Hyracodontidae
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The Hyracodontidae are an extinct family of 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.[1] Hyracodonts have been nicknamed running rhinoceroses[2][3] due to their long limbs, which made them more specialized for running than any other rhinocerotoid group.[2]
The hyracodonts thrived in the rainforests of Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and southwest China, a former coastal region. Fossil evidence also extends their geographical range to Germany, as well as to Mongolia.[4]
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Hyracodontidae". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43144.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Prothero, Donald R. (2013) (in en). Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00819-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=fbyn88ExO9IC.
- ↑ Dinerstein, Eric (2003) (in en). The Return of the Unicorns: The Natural History and Conservation of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros. Columbia University Press. pp. 10. ISBN 978-0-231-50130-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=o6HuJQBmtksC.
- ↑ Bai, Bin; Wang, Yuan-Qing; Zhang, Zhao-Qun (June 2018). "The late Eocene hyracodontid perissodactyl Ardynia from Saint Jacques, Inner Mongolia, China and its implications for the potential Eocene–Oligocene boundary". Palaeoworld 27 (2): 247–257. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2017.09.001. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871174X17300860. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
Further reading
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- 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.
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