Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Full reference: E. L. Troxell. 1921. The American bothriodonts. American Journal of Science 1(4):325-339
Parent taxon: Anthracotheriidae according to D. G. Kron and E. Manning 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Macdonald 1956, McKenna and Bell 1997, Russell 1978, Scott 1940 and Troxell 1921
Sister taxa: Afromeryx, Ancodon, Anthracochoerus, Anthracosenex, Anthracotheriinae, Arretotherium, Atopotherium, Bothriodontinae, Bugtitherium, Bunobrachyodus, Choeromeryx, Elliottherium, Elotherium, Epirigenys, Gonotelma, Hemimeryx, Heothema, Huananothema, Kukusepasutanka, Masritherium, Merycops, Microbunodontinae, Pachychoerops, Parabrachyodus, Probrachyodus, Qatraniodon, Sivameryx, Telmatodon, Ulausuodon
Subtaxa: Aepinacodon americanus Aepinacodon deflectus Aepinacodon rostratus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: South Dakota collections)
• Eocene of United States (4: Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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