Pelonax ramosus Cope 1874

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae

Alternative combinations: Archaeotherium ramosus, Elotherium ramosum

Synonyms: Ammodon (Elotherium) bathrodon Marsh 1874, Elotherium bathrodon Marsh 1874, Pelonax bathrodon Marsh 1874

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Supplementary additions to the Synopsis of New Vertebrata from the Territory of Colorado, 1873. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1(1):22-28

Belongs to Pelonax according to W. B. Scott 1940

See also Cope and Matthew 1915, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Marsh 1874, Marsh 1893, Peterson 1909, Troxell 1920, Troxell 1920 and Troxell 1920

Sister taxa: Archaeotherium (Pelonax) lemleyi, Pelonax potens

Distribution: found only at Horsetail Creek (Eocene of Colorado)

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