Heptacodon
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| middle Eocene to early Oligocene | ||||||||||||
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| Heptacodon | ||||||||||||
| Marsh , 1894 | ||||||||||||
Heptacodon is an extinct genus of early even- toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) within the mammals (Mammalia), whichoccurred with four speciesfrom the Middle Eocene to the Lower Oligocene .
features
Heptacodon was almost the size of a hippopotamus. The head was large in relation to the body, the body was long and barrel-shaped. It was a herbivore , which you can see from the teeth .
Systematics
Heptacodon belonged to the group of Anthracotheriidae . Together with Anthracotherium , Heptacodon is the only member of the Anthracotheriinae . So far, four different types have been recognized:
- Heptacodon curtus Marsh, 1894
- Heptacodon occidentale Osborn & Wortman, 1894
- Heptacodon pellionis Storer, 1983
- Heptacodon yeguaensis Holroyd, 2002
swell
- Entry in The Paleobiology Database
- Donald R. Prothero, Scott E. Foss: The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore MD 2007, ISBN 978-0-8018-8735-2 , p. 92.