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
Type: Texodon meridianus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Purple Bench (Eocene of Texas)
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