Elomeryx starckae Richmond et al. 2025 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Full reference: A. Richmond, E. Welsh, W. A. Thompson, D. R. Prothero, and K. Marriott. 2025. A New Anthracothere (Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae) from the Early Arikareean, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 104:23-44

Belongs to Elomeryx according to A. Richmond et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Bakalovia orientalis, Bothriodon chyelingensis, Bothriodon tientongensis, Brachyodus trofimovi, Elomeryx armatus, Elomeryx asticus, Elomeryx borbonicus, Elomeryx cluai, Elomeryx crispus, Elomeryx garbanii, Elomeryx japonicus

Type specimen: BADL 21076, a partial skull. Its type locality is Badlands National Park Arikaree channels, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Arikaree channels Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Badlands National Park Arikaree channels

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