Heptacodon Marsh 1894 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. A new Miocene mammal. American Journal of Science 47(281):409

Parent taxon: Anthracotheriinae according to L. Scherler et al. 2019

See also Carroll 1988, Kron and Manning 1998, Macdonald 1956, Matthew 1909, McKenna and Bell 1997, Osborn and Wortman 1894, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Scott 1940 and Troxell 1921

Sister taxa: Anthracokeryx, Anthracotherium, Anthracotherium bumbachense, Anthracotherium illyricum, Nabotherium, Paenanthracotherium, Prominatherium

Subtaxa: Heptacodon curtus Heptacodon gibbiceps Heptacodon occidentale Heptacodon occidentalis Heptacodon pellionis Heptacodon yeguaensis

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Type: Elomeryx armatus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (6: Colorado, South Dakota collections)

• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (6: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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