†Texodon meridianus West 1982 (even-toed ungulate)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Full reference: R. M. West. 1982. Fossil Mammals from the Lower Buck Hill Group, Eocene of Trans-Pecos Texas: Marsupicarnivora, Primates, Taeniodonta, Condylarthra, Bunodont Artiodactyla, and Dinocerata. Pearce-Sellards Series 35:1-20
Belongs to Texodon according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also West 1982
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TMM 41672-62, a set of teeth (M2-M3). Its type locality is Purple Bench, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Purple Bench
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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