Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. The fauna of the Houldjin gravels. American Museum Novitates 97:1-6
Belongs to Entelodon according to S. G. Lucas and R. J. Emry 1996
See also Matthew and Granger 1923
Sister taxa: Anthracothema tsuchiyai, Entelodon deguilheimi, Entelodon diconodon, Entelodon gobiensis, Entelodon ingens, Entelodon magnus, Entelodon major, Entelodon ordosius, Entelodon orientalis
Type specimen: AMNH 19181, a tooth (last upper molar). Its type locality is Houldjin Gravels (early 1920s AMNH), which is in a Houldjinian terrestrial gravel in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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