Texodon West 1982 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae

Full reference: R. M. West. 1982. Fossil Mammals from the Lower Buck Hill Group, Eocene of Trans-Pecos Texas: Marsupicarnivora, Primates, Taeniodonta, Condylarthra, Bunodont Artiodactyla, and Dinocerata. Pearce-Sellards Series 35:1-20

Parent taxon: Homacodontidae according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Gentry and Hooker 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and West 1982

Sister taxa: Antiacodon, Asiohomacodon, Auxontodon, Bunomerycini, Bunomeryx, Gagadon, Hexacodus, Homacodon, Homacodontini, Hylomeryx, Limeryx, Mesomeryx, Microsus, Mytonomeryx, Pentacemylus, Tsaganohyus

Subtaxa: Texodon meridianus

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Type: Texodon meridianus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Purple Bench (Eocene of Texas)

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