†Arretotherium acridens Douglass 1902 (anthracothere)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1902. Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montana. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 20:237-279
Belongs to Arretotherium according to E. Douglass 1902
Sister taxa: Arretotherium fricki, Arretotherium leptodus, Arretotherium meridionale
Type specimen: Its type locality is Blacktail Deer Creek, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Blacktail Deer Creek Formation of Montana
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Texas collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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