Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptochoeridae
Alternative combination: Nanochoerus montanus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1903. The fauna of the Titanotherium Beds at Pipestone Springs, Montana. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(6):197-226
Belongs to Stibarus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Edwards 1976, Macdonald 1955, Matthew 1903 and Scott 1940
Sister taxa: Stibarus obtusilobus, Stibarus quadricuspis, Stibarus yoderensis
Type specimen: AMNH 9668, a mandible (a lower jaw containing the second, third, and fourth premolars, and the first molar). Its type locality is Pipestone Springs, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial claystone in the Renova Formation of Montana.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (4: Montana, North Dakota)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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