Hyracotherium

Holotype of Hyracotherium leporinum (BMNH M 16336), drawn by G. Scharf (Owen, 1841: pl. xxi, fig. 3)
Taxonavigation
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)
Name
Hyracotherium Owen, 1841: 203–206
- Type species: Hyracotherium leporinum Owen, 1841, by monotypy
- Holotype: BMNH M 16336
References
Primary references
- 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.
Additional references
- 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
Vernacular names
català: Hiracoteri
Ελληνικά: Ηώιππος
English: Hyracotherium
فارسی: کوهخرگوشدد
עברית: איוהיפוס
日本語: ヒラコテリウム
ქართული: ჰირაკოთერიუმი
한국어: 히라코테리움
മലയാളം: ഇയോഹിപ്പസ്
русский: Гиракотерии
中文: 始祖馬
Ελληνικά: Ηώιππος
English: Hyracotherium
فارسی: کوهخرگوشدد
עברית: איוהיפוס
日本語: ヒラコテリウム
ქართული: ჰირაკოთერიუმი
한국어: 히라코테리움
മലയാളം: ഇയോഹിപ്പസ്
русский: Гиракотерии
中文: 始祖馬
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