Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Alternative spelling: Ammodon (Elotherium)
Parent taxon: Anthracotheridae according to J. Leidy 1873
See also Cope 1891, Effinger 1998, Hay 1902, Marsh 1893, Peterson 1909, Russell 1980, Scott 1940 and Troxell 1920
Sister taxa: Aepinacodon, Afromeryx, Ancodon, Anthracochoerus, Anthracosenex, Anthracotheriinae, Arretotherium, Atopotherium, Bothriodontinae, Bugtitherium, Bunobrachyodus, Choeromeryx, Elliottherium, Epirigenys, Gonotelma, Hemimeryx, Heothema, Huananothema, Kukusepasutanka, Masritherium, Merycops, Microbunodontinae, Pachychoerops, Parabrachyodus, Probrachyodus, Qatraniodon, Sivameryx, Telmatodon, Ulausuodon
Subtaxa: Elotherium leidyanum Elotherium superbus Elotherium uintense
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Squankum marl pits (Miocene to Miocene of New Jersey)
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