Malaquiferus tourteloti Gazin 1955 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Oromerycidae

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1955. A review of the Upper Eocene Artiodactyla of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 128(8):1-96

Belongs to Malaquiferus according to C. L. Gazin 1955

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 20588, a skull (Greater part of skull with P4-M3). Its type locality is Dry Creek, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Wagon Bed ("Tepee Trail") Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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