Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Alternative combinations: Hyracotherium vortmani, Phenacodus wortmani, Trispondylus vortmani
Synonyms: Phenacodus almiensis Gazin 1942, Phenacodus apternus Cope 1882, Phenacodus copei Granger 1915
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1880. The bad lands of the Wind River and their fauna. The American Naturalist 14(10):745-748
Belongs to Phenacodus according to J. G. M. Thewissen 1990
See also Cope 1880, Cope 1881, Cope 1882, Cope 1884, Delson 1971, Granger 1915, Hay 1902 and Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Phenacodus bisonensis, Phenacodus grangeri, Phenacodus hemiconus, Phenacodus intermedius, Phenacodus magnus, Phenacodus matthewi, Phenacodus primaevus, Phenacodus sulcatus, Phenacodus trilobatus, Phenacodus zuniensis, Opisthotomus flagrans, Opisthotomus astutus
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (129: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (42: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cf1 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of United States (24: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 198 collections each including a single occurrence
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