Microsus Leidy 1870 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 25th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(3):113-114

Parent taxon: Homacodontidae according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Gentry and Hooker 1988, Hay 1902, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873, Matthew 1909, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Osborn 1902

Sister taxa: Antiacodon, Asiohomacodon, Auxontodon, Bunomerycini, Bunomeryx, Gagadon, Hexacodus, Homacodon, Homacodontini, Hylomeryx, Limeryx, Mesomeryx, Mytonomeryx, Pentacemylus, Texodon, Tsaganohyus

Subtaxa: Microsus cuspidatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (22: Wyoming collections)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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