Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Synonym: Eoentelodon Chow 1958
Full reference: E. H. Colbert. 1937. Notice of a new genus and species of artiodactyl from the Upper Eocene of Wyoming. American Journal of Science 33(198):473-474
Parent taxon: Proentelodontinae according to I. A. Vislobokova 2008
See also Carroll 1988, Colbert 1937, Colbert 1938, Effinger 1998, Foss 2007, Lucas and Emry 2004, Spaulding et al. 2009, Tsubamoto et al. 2011 and Wang and Qiu 2002
Sister taxon: Proentelodon
Subtaxa: Brachyhyops neimongolensis Brachyhyops trofimovi Brachyhyops viensis Brachyhyops wyomingensis Brachyhyops yunnanense
Type: Brachyhyops wyomingensis
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), China (3), Mongolia (3), United States (6: New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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