Archaeotherium caninus Troxell 1920

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae

Alternative combination: Choerodon caninus

Full reference: E. L. Troxell. 1920. Entelodonts in the Marsh Collection; Part III. The larger genera and species. American Journal of Science 50(300):431-445

Belongs to Archaeotherium according to S. E. Foss and T. Fremd 1998

See also Effinger 1998 and Troxell 1920

Sister taxa: Archaeotherium calkinsi, Archaeotherium coarctatum, Archaeotherium crassum, Archaeotherium imperator, Archaeotherium marshi, Archaeotherium mortoni, Archaeotherium palustris, Archaeotherium scotti, Archaeotherium superbum, Archaeotherium trippensis, Archaeotherium wanlessi, Choerodon calkinsi, Eotherium markgrafi, Eotherium abeli

Type specimen: YPM 11665, a skull. Its type locality is The Cove, which is in a Miocene/Miocene terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)

• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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