Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Alternative combinations: Lophiotherium pygmaeum, Lophiotherium pygmaeus, Propalaeotherium pygmaeum, Sarcolemur pygmaeus
Synonyms: Homacodon caudatus Marsh 1894, Nanomeryx caudatus Marsh 1894
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. Paleontological Bulletin 1:1-6
Belongs to Antiacodon according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1872, Cope 1872, Cope 1873, Dépéret 1901, Gazin 1958, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Marsh 1894, Osborn 1902, Remy 2017, Stucky 1998, Walsh 2000 and West 1984
Sister taxa: Antiacodon crassus, Antiacodon furcatus, Antiacodon vanvaleni, Antiacodon venustus, Sarcolemur bicuspis
Subtaxa: Antiacodon pygmaeus huerfanensis
Type specimens:
- Antiacodon pygmaeus: Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
- Nanomeryx caudatus:
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (5 collections), Switzerland (3), United States (28: Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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