Protoreodon minimus Douglass 1902 (agriochoerid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae

Alternative combination: Agriochoerus minimus

Full reference: E. Douglass. 1902. Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montana. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 20:237-279

Belongs to Protoreodon according to J. A. Wilson 1971

See also Douglass 1902, Golz 1976, Scott 1940 and Tabrum and Nichols 2001

Sister taxa: Protoreodon minor, Protoreodon pacificus, Protoreodon parvus, Protoreodon petersoni, Protoreodon pumilus, Protoreodon transmontanus, Protoreodon walshi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Thompson Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial claystone in Montana

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Montana, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.