Texodon meridianus West 1982 (even-toed ungulate)

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

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