Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Synonym: Agriochoerus latifrons Leidy 1869
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1850. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, December 17th, 1850]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1):121-122
Belongs to Agriochoerus according to W. B. Scott 1940
See also Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Lander 1998, Leidy 1850, Leidy 1853, Leidy 1857, Leidy 1873 and Thorpe 1921
Sister taxa: Agriochoerus gaudryi, Agriochoerus guyotianus, Agriochoerus major, Agriochoerus maximus
Subtaxa: Agriochoerus antiquus antiquus Agriochoerus antiquus dakotensis
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: South Dakota collections)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (9: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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