Pithecistes brevifacies Cope 1877 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. Descriptions of New Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary Formations of the West. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:219-231

Belongs to Leptauchenia decora according to D. R. Prothero and F. Sanchez 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 8129, a mandible (m3)

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pithecistes brevifacies in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.