Achaenodon insolens Cope 1873 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Helohyidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Fourth notice of extinct Vertebrata from the Bridger and the Green River tertiaries. Palaeontological Bulletin 17:1-4

Belongs to Achaenodon according to S. E. Foss 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 5143, a mandible (Right and left rami of the mandible with the canine, P3, and the last two molars represented). Its type locality is Washakie B (Lower), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Washakie B (Lower)

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