Subhyracodon
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| Genus: | †Subhyracodon (Brandt, 1878)
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Subhyracodon is an extinct genus of cow-sized rhinoceroses. With a length of 2.4 m (8 ft) and a weight estimated of 381.3 kg (in S. mitis), it was a tapir-sized herbivore on the plains of early Oligocene South Dakota 33 million years ago (White River Fauna), smaller than only the Brontops and the chalicotheres.[5] Subhyracodon had no horns, relying more on its speed to escape, but a species found at Wind Cave National Park had a pair of bony nasal ridges. The genera Caenopus and Aceratherium were both synonymized with Subhyracodon[6]
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References
- ^ Prothero, 2005, p. 41.
- ^ Prothero, 2005, pp. 40-47.
- ^ McKenna & Bell, 1997, p. 481.
- ^ a b c Prothero, 2005, p. 43.
- ^ http://museumu03.museumwww.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=51872
- ^ C.C. O'Harra (1920). The White River Badlands. Rapid City, SD: South Dakota School of Mines. p. 181.