Entelodon

Entelodon
Temporal range: 37.2–28.4 Ma Houldjinian–Rupelian
Two mandibular canines of E. magnus at the MHNT
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Entelodontidae
Genus: †Entelodon
Aymard, 1846
Type species
†Entelodon magnus
Aymard, 1846
Species
  • †E. magnus (type species)Aymard, 1846
  • †E. ronzonii Aymard, 1846
  • †E. aymardi (Pomel, 1853)
  • †E. verdeaui (Delfortrie, 1874)
  • †E. deguilhemi Repelin, 1918
  • †E. antiquus Repelin, 1919
  • †E. dirus Matthew and Granger, 1923
  • †E. gobiensis (Trofimov, 1952)
  • †E. major (Biriukov, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Elotherium Pommel, 1847

Entelodon (meaning 'complete teeth', from Ancient Greek ἐντελής entelēs 'complete' and ὀδών odōn 'tooth', referring to its "complete" eutherian dentition[1]), formerly called Elotherium, is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl endemic to Eurasia. Fossils of species are found in Paleogene strata ranging in age from the Houldjinian (37.2–33.9 mya) until the Rupelian epoch of the early Oligocene (33.9–28.4 mya).[2]

  1. ^ Foss, Scott E. (2007). "Family Entelodontidae". In Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (eds.). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 120–129. ISBN 9780801887352.
  2. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Entelodon, basic info