Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Full reference: K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson. 2009. Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(3):193-243
Belongs to Ectocion according to K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson 2009
Sister taxa: Ectocion cedrus, Ectocion collinus, Ectocion ignotum, Ectocion major, Ectocion mediotuber, Ectocion osbornianus, Ectocion parvus, Ectocion superstes
Type specimen: YPM-PU 23985, a tooth (right P4). Its type locality is Red Hot, which is in a Wasatchian estuary/bay sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Red Hot
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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