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Archaeotherium
Temporal range: Late Eocene to Middle Oligocene, 35–28 Ma
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Skeleton in American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
†Entelodontidae
Genus:
†Archaeotherium Leidy, 1850
Type species
†Archaeotherium mortoni
Leidy, 1850
Synonyms
Entelodon mortoni Leidy, 1853
Choerodon Troxel, 1920 (preoccupied)
Megachoerus Troxel, 1920
Archaeotherium (Ancient Greek: αρχαιοθήριον, meaning "ancient beast") is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl endemic to North America during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs (35—28 mya), existing for approximately 9.1 million years.[1]Archaeotherium fossils are most common in the White River Formation of the Great Plains, but it has also been found in the John Day Basin of Oregon[2] and the Trans-Pecos area of Texas.[3]
^PaleoBiology Database: Archaeotherium, basic info
^Foss, Scott E.; Fremd, Theodore (1998). "A survey of the species of entelodonts (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) of the John Day Basin, Oregon" (PDF). Dakoterra. 5: 63–72.
^Wilson, John Andrew (1971). "Early Tertiary vertebrate faunas, Vieja Group, Trans-Pecos Texas: Entelodontidae". Pearce-Sellards Series, Texas Memorial Museum. 17: 1–17.
Archaeotherium (Ancient Greek: αρχαιοθήριον, meaning "ancient beast") is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl endemic to North America during the...
chopping surface. They range from chisel-shaped in some entelodonts (Archaeotherium) to massive and rounded in others (Daeodon). The canines have thick...
Paraentelodon rather than to earlier North American entelodonts, like Archaeotherium, as evidence for Daeodon being a descendant from a Late Oligocene immigration...
turtle (cameo) Oligocene-Miocene: 32-19 million years ago North America: Archaeotherium, Hyaenodon, Dinictis, Mesohippus, Poebrotherium, Subhyracodon, Moropus...
glimpse of life in the area 33 million years ago. Alligator (Crocodilian) Archaeotherium (Entelodont) Dinictis (Nimravid) Eporeodon (Oreodont) Eusmilus (Nimravid)...
entelodont Archaeotherium. Remains of partial Poebrotherium carcasses have been found fossilized, and appear to have been killed and cached by Archaeotherium, the...
America inhabited a semiarid prairie home and included entelodonts like Archaeotherium, camelids (such as Poebrotherium), running rhinoceratoids, three-toed...
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predatory mammals, such as the conspecific Hyaenodon, Dinictis, and Archaeotherium with which it probably shared an apex-predator role in its environment...
wide array of other animals including: the entelodonts Daeodon and Archaeotherium; the deer-like Leptomeryx and Protoceras; the rodents Ischyromys, Eumys...
clade Entelodontidae, which also includes members such as the Oligocene Archaeotherium and Miocene Daeodon. Brachyhyops was named by Colbert (1937) [also said...
formations constitute the White River Fauna, which included predators like Archaeotherium and Hyaenodon, and a large diversity of herbivorous mammals, such as...
species †Archaeotherium †Archaeotherium lemleyi – type locality for species †Archaeotherium marshi – type locality for species †Archaeotherium mortoni...
various eras featured in the series include Agriochoerus, Alamosaurus, Archaeotherium, Brontops, Camptosaurus, Columbian mammoth, Coryphodon, Deinosuchus...
type locality for species †Archaeomnium †Archaeomnium brownii †Archaeotherium †Archaeotherium mortoni †Archalia – type locality for genus †Archalia femorata...