Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Alternative combination: Archaeotherium minimus
Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Goshen Hole Area, Wyoming. IV. New Vertebrates and the Stratigraphy of the Oligocene and Early Miocene. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(4):97-189
Belongs to Dinohyus according to E. M. Schlaikjer 1935
See also Lucas et al. 1998
Sister taxon: Dinohyus hollandi
Type specimen: MCZ 2894, a mandible (The symphysial region of the lower jaws with deciduous dentition, and the permanent teeth about to erupt). Its type locality is Sixty Six Mountain (Upper), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Sixty Six Mountain (Upper)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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