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Subhyracodon fossil map

Where fossils of Subhyracodon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 30 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 30 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Subhyracodon
Image: Osborn., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived41.03–18.5 million years ago (Bartonian to Burdigalian)
PeriodsPaleogene, Neogene
FamilyRhinocerotidae
Named byWood 1927
Fossil records118 occurrences at 32 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States, Canada, Mexico
Rock formationsBrule, txn:43187, Chadron, White River, Cypress Hills, Cypress HIlls

About Subhyracodon

Subhyracodon (Latin: "below the genus Hyracodon") is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotids.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Subhyracodon (revision 1351530594), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q139803.

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