UW46743 - Subhyracodon sp., dentary

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2020-09-24
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* Period/Epoch: Paleogene / Oligocene * Rock Formation: Brule Fm. * State, County: Unknown Taxonomy: Mammalia>Perissodactyla>Rhinocerotidae>Subhyracodon sp. Subhyracodon was a genus of rhinoceros from the late Eocene to late Oligocene of North America. They were cow-sized herbivores that are part of the early true rhinoceros evolution, originally starting in Asia but migrating througout Eurasia and North America during the Eocene. Subhyracodon represents the earliest large-bodied rhinoceros organism in North America, with many of the later rhinos in North America deriving from Subhyracodon. This specimen shows the dentary. Scanned with the David SLS-2

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