†Heptacodon yeguaensis Holroyd 2002 (anthracothere)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Full reference: P. A. Holroyd. 2002. New record of Anthracotheriidae (Artiodactyla: Mammalia) from the middle Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne Group), Houston County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 54(4):301-308
Belongs to Heptacodon according to P. A. Holroyd 2002
Sister taxa: Heptacodon curtus, Heptacodon gibbiceps, Heptacodon occidentale, Heptacodon occidentalis, Heptacodon pellionis
Type specimen: F:AM 42984. Its type locality is Loc. 3, Lovelady, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Yegua Formation of Texas.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Loc. 3, Lovelady
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