Hyopsodus

Hyopsodus
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Endocast of the skull of H. lepidus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: †Hyopsodontidae
Genus: †Hyopsodus
Leidy, 1870
Type species
†Hypsodus paulus
Species
  • H. fangxianensis Huang, 1995
  • H. fastigatus Russell and Wickenden, 1933
  • H. huashigouensis Tong, 1989
  • H. itinerans Godinot, 1978
  • H. latidens Denison, 1937
  • H. lepidus Matthew, 1909
  • H. loomisi McKenna, 1960
  • H. lysitensis Gingerich, 1974
  • H. markmani Abel and Cook, 1925
  • H. mentalis Cope, 1875
  • H. minor Loomis, 1905
  • H. minusculus Leidy, 1873
  • H. miticulus Cope, 1874
  • H. paulus Leidy, 1870
  • H. pauxillus Gingerich, 1994
  • H. powellianus Cope, 1884
  • H. pygmaeus Cope, 1871
  • H. sholemi Krishtalka, 1979
  • H. simplex Loomis, 1905
  • H. tonksi Eaton, 1982
  • H. uintensi Osborn, 1902
  • H. walcottianus Matthew, 1915
  • H. wardi Hooker, 1979
  • H. wortmani Osborn, 1902

Hyopsodus is a genus of extinct early ungulate mammal of the family Hyopsodontidae, a group associated with or basal to the Perissodactyla. It was the small mammal with skull of about 6 cm in length. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Eocene of North America, especially the Bighorn Basin region of the United States. It has also been found in Eurasia.

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