Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Alternative combination: Ancodon leptodus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. Observations upon the genus Ancodon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(1):1-7
Belongs to Arretotherium according to L. B. Albright 1999
See also Kron and Manning 1998, Macdonald 1956, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970 and Matthew 1909
Sister taxa: Arretotherium acridens, Arretotherium fricki, Arretotherium meridionale
Type specimen: AMNH 13005, a partial skeleton (an incomplete skull with lower jaws and parts of skeleton). Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 21, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: South Dakota collection)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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