†Metamynodon chadronensis Wood 1937 (odd-toed ungulate)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Full reference: H. E. Wood. 1937. A New, Lower Oligocene, Amynodont Rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 18(1):93-94
Belongs to Metamynodon according to H. E. Wood 1937
Sister taxa: Metamynodon mckinneyi, Metamynodon planifrons
Type specimen: AMNH 11866, a mandible (both rami of the lower jaw, with the cheek teeth). Its type locality is Quinn Draw (Lower Titanotherium Beds), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: South Dakota, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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