Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae

Alternative spelling: Archaeotherium (Pelonax)

Parent taxon: Entelodontidae according to W. B. Scott 1940

See also Effinger 1998, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Macdonald 1951 and Parris and Green 1969

Sister taxa: Archaeotherium, Arctodon, Cypretherium, Daeodon, Dinohyus, Entelodon, Entelodontellus, Ergilobia, Megachoerus, Paraentelodon, Proentelodontinae, Scaptohyus

Subtaxa: Pelonax potens Pelonax ramosus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Horsetail Creek (Eocene of Colorado)

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