Heptacodon occidentale Osborn and Wortman 1894 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Alternative combination: Anthracotherium occidentale

Synonym: Heptacodon quadratus Scott 1940

Full reference: H. F. Osborn and J. L. Wortman. 1894. Fossil mammals of the Lower Miocene White River beds. Collection of 1892. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 6(7):199-228

Belongs to Heptacodon according to J. R. Macdonald 1956

See also Hay 1902, Osborn and Wortman 1894, Scott 1940 and Storer 1983

Sister taxa: Heptacodon curtus, Heptacodon gibbiceps, Heptacodon occidentalis, Heptacodon pellionis, Heptacodon yeguaensis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Oreodon Layer (1892 AMNH Collection) (Oligocene of South Dakota)

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