Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combination: Leptauchenia platyceps
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1902. Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montana. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 20:237-279
Belongs to Limnenetes according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 2007
See also Douglass 1902, Lander 1998, Loomis 1924, Schultz and Falkenbach 1956, Scott 1940, Tabrum and Nichols 2001 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CM 701, a partial skull (Partial skull with P3-M3 (all br. with exception of P4)). Its type locality is Thompson Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial claystone in Montana.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Montana, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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