Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Synonyms: Ammodon Marsh 1893, Boochoerus Cope 1879
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. On some of the characters of the Miocene fauna of Oregon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18(102):63-78
Parent taxon: Entelodontidae according to I. A. Vislobokova 2008
See also Albright 1991, Albright 1999, Albright et al. 2019, Cope 1878, Cope 1879, Effinger 1998, Foss 2007, Foss and Fremd 1998, Hay 1902, Lucas et al. 1998, Lucas et al. 1997 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Archaeotherium, Arctodon, Cypretherium, Dinohyus, Entelodon, Ergilobia, Megachoerus, Paraentelodon, Pelonax, Proentelodontinae, Scaptohyus
Subtaxa: Ammodon bathrodon Boochoerus angustus Daeodon humerosus Daeodon shoshonensis
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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