Elomeryx garbanii Macdonald 1970 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1970. Review of the Miocene Wounded Knee faunas of southwestern South Dakota. Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 8:165-82

Belongs to Elomeryx according to J. R. Macdonald 1970

Sister taxa: Bakalovia orientalis, Bothriodon chyelingensis, Bothriodon tientongensis, Brachyodus trofimovi, Elomeryx armatus, Elomeryx asticus, Elomeryx borbonicus, Elomeryx cluai, Elomeryx crispus, Elomeryx japonicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-6230), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota collection)

• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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