Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Anthracotherium gibbiceps, Octacodon gibbiceps
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. Miocene artiodactyles from the eastern Miohippus beds. American Journal of Science 48(284):175-178
Belongs to Heptacodon according to J. R. Macdonald 1956
See also Hay 1902, Marsh 1894, Scott 1940 and Troxell 1921
Sister taxa: Heptacodon curtus, Heptacodon occidentale, Heptacodon occidentalis, Heptacodon pellionis, Heptacodon yeguaensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hermosa (Oligocene), which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Hermosa (Oligocene)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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