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 Mesomeryx according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Gazin 1955 and Peterson 1919
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CM 3189, a maxilla (fragment of maxillary with cheek-teeth in place). Its type locality is Wagonhound Canyon (Uinta B2), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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