Heptacodon pellionis Storer 1983 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Full reference: J. E. Storer. 1983. A new species of the artiodactyl Heptacodon from the Cypress Hills Formation, Lac Pelletier, Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 20(8):1344-1347

Belongs to Heptacodon according to J. E. Storer 1983

Sister taxa: Heptacodon curtus, Heptacodon gibbiceps, Heptacodon occidentale, Heptacodon occidentalis, Heptacodon yeguaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lac Pelletier Upper Fauna, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in Canada

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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