Aepinacodon deflectus Marsh 1890 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Ancodon deflectus, Hyopotamus deflectus

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1890. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. American Journal of Science 39:523-525

Belongs to Aepinacodon according to E. L. Troxell 1921

See also Hay 1902, Kron and Manning 1998, Macdonald 1956, Marsh 1890, Matthew 1909 and Russell 1978

Sister taxa: Aepinacodon americanus, Aepinacodon rostratus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Peanut Peak

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