†Hylomeryx annectens Peterson 1919 (even-toed ungulate)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1919. Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912. Annals of Carnegie Museum 12(2):40-168
Belongs to Hylomeryx according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Gazin 1955 and Peterson 1919
Sister taxon: Hylomeryx quadricuspis
Type specimen: CM 2335, a partial skull (anterior portion of skull and lower jaws)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at White River Pocket (Eocene of Utah)
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