†superfamily Entelodontoidea Lydekker 1883 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Parent taxon: Cetartiodactyla according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2005

See also Carroll 1988, Colbert 1938, Foss 2007 and Vislobokova 2008

Sister taxa: Achaenodontidae, Ancodonta, Antiacodontidae, Antiacodontinae, Booidea, Bunomerycidae, Cainotherioidea, Choeropotamoidea, Climacoceratidae, Diacodexeidae, Dichobunoidea, Eolantianus, Erlianhyus, Eurytheriidae, Haplobunodontidae, Hsanotherium, Hyodonta, Leptochoerinae, Merycoidodontoidea, Myanmarius, Neoselenodontia, Nonruminantia, Omnivora, Raphenacodus, Ruminantiamorpha, Suiformes, Suoidea, Tapirulidae, Tragulohyus, Trigonolestidae, Tylopoda, Cetruminantia, Whippomorpha

Subtaxa: Entelodontidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (9: California, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (7: Florida, Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (10: Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), United States (1: Alabama)

• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), China (3), Czechia (1), France (6), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (1), Pakistan (1), United States (39: California, Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Eocene of Canada (6: Saskatchewan), China (11), Japan (1), Mongolia (4), Thailand (2), United States (30: Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 140 collections including 158 occurrences

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