Megachoerus praecursor Scott 1940 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae

Alternative combination: Archaeotherium praecursor

Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1940. The mammalian fauna of the White River Oligocene; Part 4, Artiodactyla; Part 5, Perissodactyla. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28(4):363-746

Belongs to Megachoerus according to W. B. Scott 1940

See also Effinger 1998 and Storer 1996

Sister taxa: Megachoerus latidens, Megachoerus zygomaticus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megachoerus praecursor in the database

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