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Entelodontidae

Synonyms: Ammodon leidyanus; Daeodon leidyanum; Daeodon shoshonensis; Dinohyus leidyanus

Wikipedia Abstract

Daeodon (from Greek, δαίος, daios "hostile" or "dreadful", and οδον, odon "teeth") is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl that inhabited North America between 29 and 19 million years ago during the late Oligocene and early Miocene epochs. The type species is Daeodon shoshonensis, the last and largest of the entelodonts, known adults of this species possess skulls about 90 cm (3 ft) in length. It had a broad distribution across the United States but it was never abundant.
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Genus

Archaeotherium (14)
Brachyhyops (5)
Elotherium (3)
Entelodon (7)
Ergilobia (1)
Megachoerus (3)
Paraentelodon (1)
Pelonax (3)
Proentelodon (1)
Scaptohyus (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0