Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. A new Miocene mammal. American Journal of Science 47(281):409
Parent taxon: Anthracotheriinae according to L. Scherler et al. 2019
See also Carroll 1988, Kron and Manning 1998, Macdonald 1956, Matthew 1909, McKenna and Bell 1997, Osborn and Wortman 1894, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Scott 1940 and Troxell 1921
Sister taxa: Anthracokeryx, Anthracotherium, Anthracotherium bumbachense, Anthracotherium illyricum, Nabotherium, Paenanthracotherium, Prominatherium
Subtaxa: Heptacodon curtus Heptacodon gibbiceps Heptacodon occidentale Heptacodon occidentalis Heptacodon pellionis Heptacodon yeguaensis
Type: Elomeryx armatus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (6: Colorado, South Dakota collections)
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (6: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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