Auxontodon Gazin 1958 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1958. A new dichobunid artiodactyl from the Unita Eocene. Breviora 96:1-6

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

See also Carroll 1988, Gazin 1958, Gentry and Hooker 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Stucky 1998

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

Subtaxa: Auxontodon pattersoni Auxontodon processus

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Type: Auxontodon pattersoni

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (5: Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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