Hexacodus pelodes Gazin 1952

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae

Alternative combination: Protodichobune pelodes

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1952. The Lower Eocene Knight Formation Of Western Wyoming and Its Mammalian Faunas. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(18):1-82

Belongs to Hexacodus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Gazin 1952, Krishtalka and Stucky 1986 and Van Valen 1971

Sister taxon: Hexacodus uintensis

Type specimen: USNM 19215, a set of teeth (p4-m2)

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (9: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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