†Eucrotaphus Leidy 1850 (even-toed ungulate)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Oreodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 42494
Synonym: Pseudogenetochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 (taxon 51195)
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1850. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 15th, 1850]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1):90-93
Parent taxon: Merycoidodontinae according to C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach 1968
Sister taxa: Merycoidodon, Mesoreodon
Subtaxa: Eucrotaphus auritus, Eucrotaphus jacksoni
Type: Eucrotaphus jacksoni
Ecology: scansorial insectivore