Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army 5-37
Belongs to Opisthotomus according to E. D. Cope 1875
See also Granger 1915 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Phenacodus bisonensis, Phenacodus grangeri, Phenacodus hemiconus, Phenacodus intermedius, Phenacodus magnus, Phenacodus matthewi, Phenacodus primaevus, Phenacodus sulcatus, Phenacodus trilobatus, Phenacodus vortmani, Phenacodus zuniensis, Opisthotomus astutus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Opisthotomus flagrans in the database
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