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Archaeotherium palustris

Osteichthyes - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Archaeotherium palustris was named by Schlaikjer (1935). Its type specimen is MCZ 2980, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harvard Fossil Reserve (Main Level), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Archaeotherium palustris Schlaikjer p. 155 figs. Plate 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusArchaeotherium
speciespalustris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Archaeotherium palustris Schlaikjer 1935
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. M. Schlaikjer 1935The largest known Archaeotherium. Symphysial region long, deep and very broad, ramus proportionately slender. Posterior mental process long and nearly circular in cross section. P1 very large and set close to P2. No diastema between P2 and P3- M1 reduced. (See Plate 20).