Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Alternative combination: Prosthecion major
Full reference: B. Patterson and R. M. West. 1973. A new late Paleocene phenacodont (Mammalia; condylarthra) from western Colorado. Breviora 403:1-7
Belongs to Ectocion according to J. G. M. Thewissen 1990
See also Patterson and West 1973
Sister taxa: Ectocion cedrus, Ectocion collinus, Ectocion ignotum, Ectocion mediotuber, Ectocion nanabeensis, Ectocion osbornianus, Ectocion parvus, Ectocion stockeyae, Ectocion superstes
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hell's Half Acre (Lower), which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (5: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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