Triplopus

Triplopus is a genus of perissodactyl, possibly a hyracodont, from the Uinta Formation.^[1][2] Some species formerly assigned to Triplopus have been assigned to Eotrigonias and Hyrachyus in the past, though this is disputed.^[1][3] Triplopus was likely a cursorial browser, similar to other hyracodonts.

Triplopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Hyracodontidae
Genus:	†Triplopus Cope, 1880
Type species
T. cubitalis Cope, 1880
Species
T. cubitalis Cope, 1880 T. woodi Stock, 1936 T. mergensis Dashzeveg, 1991 T. jeminaiensis Bai et al., 2020
Synonyms
Eotrigonias petersoni (Wood, 1927)

Description

Compared to derived hyracodonts, like Hyracodon, Triplopus was fairly gracile. Triplopus possesses three toes on each forefoot and three on each hind foot, whereas other perissodactyls from the Uinta Formation generally bear four on their forefeet and three on their hindfeet.^[2]