Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Alternative combination: Hyopsodus cuspidatus
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 25th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(3):113-114
Belongs to Microsus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Hay 1902, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873 and Osborn 1902
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 1178, a set of teeth (lower molars). Its type locality is Black's Fork, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (19: Wyoming collections)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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