Hyracotherium leporinum, Owen, 1841

Froehlich, David J., 2002, Quo vadis eohippus? The systematics and taxonomy of the early Eocene equids (Perissodactyla), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (2), pp. 141-256 : 148

HYRACOTHERIUM LEPORINUM

This is the genotype for Hyracotherium . It is a rare fossil found only in the Paris and London Basins of Europe. This OTU was scored using the type material, a single skull with no associated lower teeth (BMNH 16336), as figured by Forster-Cooper (1932) and Simpson (1952). Lower teeth were figured by Hooker (1994). This taxon was extensively discussed by Owen (1841; the original diagnosis), Forster-Cooper (1932), and Simpson (1952).