†family Entelodontidae Lydekker 1883 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae

Parent taxon: Entelodontoidea according to I. A. Vislobokova 2008

See also Boisserie et al. 2005, Carroll 1988, Foss 2007, Gregory 1910, Jaekel 1911, Lucas et al. 1998, Scott 1940, Spaulding et al. 2009, Thewissen et al. 2001 and Wood 1960

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Archaeotherium Arctodon Cypretherium Daeodon Dinohyus Entelodon Ergilobia Megachoerus Paraentelodon Pelonax Proentelodontinae Scaptohyus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (10: California, Florida, New Jersey, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (7: Florida, Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (10: Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), United States (1: Alabama)

• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), France (6), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (1), Pakistan (1), United States (39: California, Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Eocene of Canada (6: Saskatchewan), China (9), Japan (1), Mongolia (4), Thailand (2), United States (30: Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 139 collections including 156 occurrences

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