Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. Miocene artiodactyles from the eastern Miohippus beds. American Journal of Science 48(284):175-178
Parent taxon: Bothriodontinae according to L. Scherler et al. 2019
See also Alroy 2002, Boisserie et al. 2005, Boisserie et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Kostopoulos et al. 2012, McKenna and Bell 1997, Orliac et al. 2010, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Scott 1940, Spaulding et al. 2009 and Thewissen et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Bakalovia, Bothriodon, Bothriogenys, Brachyodus, Libycosaurus, Merycopotamus, Octacodon
Subtaxa: Bakalovia orientalis Bothriodon chyelingensis Bothriodon tientongensis Brachyodus trofimovi Elomeryx armatus Elomeryx asticus Elomeryx borbonicus Elomeryx cluai Elomeryx crispus Elomeryx garbanii Elomeryx japonicus
Type: Heptacodon armatus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Germany (1), Greece (1), Switzerland (2)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Canada (5: Saskatchewan), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Georgia (2), Greece (1), Japan (3), Pakistan (1), Switzerland (1), United States (7: California, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), France (1), Vietnam (1)
Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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