Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Alternative combinations: Daeodon calkinsi, Entelodon calkinsi
Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1905. New or Imperfectly Known Rodent and Ungulates from the John Day Series. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(6):125-143
Belongs to Choerodon according to E. L. Troxell 1920
Sister taxa: Archaeotherium calkinsi, Archaeotherium caninus, Archaeotherium coarctatum, Archaeotherium crassum, Archaeotherium imperator, Archaeotherium marshi, Archaeotherium mortoni, Archaeotherium palustris, Archaeotherium scotti, Archaeotherium superbum, Archaeotherium trippensis, Archaeotherium wanlessi, Eotherium markgrafi, Eotherium abeli
Type specimen: UCMP 953, a partial skeleton (cranium and mandibIe, several cervical vertebrae and portions of fore and hind limbs)
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Choerodon calkinsi in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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