Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae

Alternative combination: Archaeotherium latidens

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 Megachoerus according to W. B. Scott 1940

See also Effinger 1998, Storer 1996 and Troxell 1920

Sister taxa: Megachoerus praecursor, Megachoerus zygomaticus

Type specimen: YPM 10009, a partial skull. Its type locality is French Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at French Creek

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