Subhyracodon
Sign in to saveSubhyracodon (Latin: "below the genus Hyracodon") is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotids.
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It is catalogued under topics including Chattian genus extinctions, Eocene mammals of North America and Eocene rhinoceroses.
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Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- rhinoceros
- Mass
- 381.3
- Image
- Knight Caenopus cropped.jpg
- Length
- 2.4
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- Commons category
- Subhyracodon
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Subhyracodon
- start time
- 38000000-0
- end time
- 26300000-0
- location of discovery
- Wind Cave National Park
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Subhyracodon (Latin: "below the genus Hyracodon") is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotids.
== Description == thumb|left|Skullthumb|left|Life restoration by Charles R. Knight With a length of and an estimated weight of in S. mitis, it was a tapir-sized herbivore on the plains of early Oligocene South Dakota 33 million years ago. It coexisted with other perissodactyls such as horses, brontotheres, and chalicotheres. Subhyracodon had no horns, relying more on its speed to escape from predators, but a species found at Wind Cave National Park had a pair of bony nasal ridges. The genus Caenopus and species originally referred to as Aceratherium were synonymized into Subhyracodon. It has been suggested to be one of the oldest known members of the subfamily Elasmotheriinae by some studies, though other studies place it firmly outside the Rhinocerotinae-Elasmotheriinae split, with a 2025 study placing it as one of the most basal rhinoceroses. In terms of dentition, Subhyracodon was similar to other White River rhinoceroses, bearing no canines or third incisors. The incisor formula of Subhyracodon is .
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