Elomeryx Marsh 1894 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. Miocene artiodactyles from the eastern Miohippus beds. American Journal of Science 48(284):175-178

Parent taxon: Bothriodontinae according to L. Scherler et al. 2019

See also Alroy 2002, Boisserie et al. 2005, Boisserie et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Kostopoulos et al. 2012, McKenna and Bell 1997, Orliac et al. 2010, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Scott 1940, Spaulding et al. 2009 and Thewissen et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Bakalovia, Bothriodon, Bothriogenys, Brachyodus, Libycosaurus, Merycopotamus, Octacodon

Subtaxa: Bakalovia orientalis Bothriodon chyelingensis Bothriodon tientongensis Brachyodus trofimovi Elomeryx armatus Elomeryx asticus Elomeryx borbonicus Elomeryx cluai Elomeryx crispus Elomeryx garbanii Elomeryx japonicus

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Type: Heptacodon armatus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Germany (1), Greece (1), Switzerland (2)

• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)

• Oligocene of Canada (5: Saskatchewan), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Georgia (2), Greece (1), Japan (3), Pakistan (1), Switzerland (1), United States (7: California, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), France (1), Vietnam (1)

Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences

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