Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Alternative combinations: Cypretherium coarctatum, Elotherium coarctatum, Entelodon coarctatus
Synonym: Elotherium arctatum Osborn 1891
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1889. Vertebrata of the Swift Current River. No. III. The American Naturalist 23(271):628-629
Belongs to Archaeotherium according to L. S. Russell 1980
See also Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Foss 2007, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Peterson 1909, Scott 1940 and Troxell 1920
Sister taxa: Archaeotherium calkinsi, Archaeotherium caninus, Archaeotherium crassum, Archaeotherium imperator, Archaeotherium marshi, Archaeotherium mortoni, Archaeotherium palustris, Archaeotherium scotti, Archaeotherium superbum, Archaeotherium trippensis, Archaeotherium wanlessi, Eotherium abeli, Eotherium markgrafi, Choerodon calkinsi
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), United States (5: South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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