Entelodon orientalis Dashzeveg 1965 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae

Full reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1965. Entelodon orientalis n.sp. (Suiformes) from the Oligocene of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 10(2):281-285

Belongs to Entelodon according to D. Dashzeveg 1965

See also Lucas and Emry 1996

Sister taxa: Anthracothema tsuchiyai, Entelodon deguilheimi, Entelodon diconodon, Entelodon dirus, Entelodon gobiensis, Entelodon ingens, Entelodon magnus, Entelodon major, Entelodon ordosius

Type specimen: Collection no. 27, a maxilla (Fragment of left side upper jaw). Its type locality is Khoer Dzan slope, which is in an Eocene terrestrial gravel in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Khoer Dzan slope

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