Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Anthracotherium armatum, Heptacodon armatus
Synonyms: Ancodon brachyrhynchus Osborn and Wortman 1894, Ancodus brachyrhynchus Osborn and Wortman 1894, Anthracotherium mitis Marsh 1894, Bothriodon brachyrhynchus Osborn and Wortman 1894, Brachyodus brachyrhynchus Osborn and Wortman 1894, Elomeryx brachyrhynchus Osborn and Wortman 1894, Elomeryx brachystylus Troxell 1921, Elomeryx mitis Marsh 1894, Hyopotamus brachyrhynchus Osborn and Wortman 1894
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. Eastern division of the Miohippus beds, with notes on some of the characteristic fossils. American Journal of Science 48(283):91-94
Belongs to Elomeryx according to W. B. Scott 1940
See also Gregory 1920, Hay 1902, Kron and Manning 1998, Lambe 1908, Macdonald 1956, Marsh 1894, Marsh 1894, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1909, Osborn and Wortman 1894, Stock 1935 and Troxell 1921
Sister taxa: Bakalovia orientalis, Bothriodon chyelingensis, Bothriodon tientongensis, Brachyodus trofimovi, Elomeryx asticus, Elomeryx borbonicus, Elomeryx cluai, Elomeryx crispus, Elomeryx garbanii, Elomeryx japonicus
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (4: California, North Dakota, South Dakota)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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