Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Full reference: E. H. Colbert. 1937. Notice of a new genus and species of artiodactyl from the Upper Eocene of Wyoming. American Journal of Science 33(198):473-474
Belongs to Brachyhyops according to T. Tsubamoto et al. 2011
See also Colbert 1937 and Colbert 1938
Sister taxa: Brachyhyops neimongolensis, Brachyhyops trofimovi, Brachyhyops viensis, Brachyhyops yunnanense
Type specimen: CMNH 12048, a skull (a skull, virtually complete). Its type locality is Beaver Divide Locality 11, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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