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Daeodon, the Glossary

Daeodon is an extinct genus of entelodont even-toed ungulates that inhabited North America about 29 to 15.97 million years ago during the latest Oligocene and earliest Miocene.^[1]

39 relations: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Amphicyonidae, Archaeotherium, Arikareean, Artiodactyl, Bison, Brown University, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carpal bones, Chalicotheriidae, Chattian, Edward Drinker Cope, Entelodon, Entelodontidae, Extinction, Genus, Greek language, Hemingfordian, John Day Formation, Megacerops, Middle Miocene, Miocene, Moropus, Nebraska, North America, Oligocene, Oregon, Othniel Charles Marsh, Palaeocastor, Paleontology, Paraentelodon, Perissodactyla, Stenomylus, Synonym (taxonomy), Tarsus (skeleton), Taxon, Tubercle, Vertebra, White rhinoceros.
Arikareean
Burdigalian genus extinctions
Chattian genus first appearances
Entelodonts
Fossil taxa described in 1878
Hemingfordian

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska.

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Amphicyonidae

Amphicyonidae is an extinct family of terrestrial carnivorans belonging to the suborder Caniformia.

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Archaeotherium (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. Daeodon and Archaeotherium are entelodonts, Oligocene Artiodactyla, Oligocene mammals of North America, prehistoric Artiodactyla genera and white River Fauna.

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Arikareean

The Arikareean North American Stage on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 30,600,000 to 20,800,000 years BP, a period of.

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Artiodactyl

Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla. Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof).

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Bison

A bison (bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as CMNH) is a natural history museum in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Carpal bones

The carpal bones are the eight small bones that make up the wrist (carpus) that connects the hand to the forearm.

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Chalicotheriidae

Chalicotheriidae (from Greek chalix, "gravel" and therion, "beast") is an extinct family of herbivorous, odd-toed ungulate (perissodactyl) mammals that lived in North America, Eurasia, and Africa from the Middle Eocene until the Early Pleistocene, existing from 48.6 to 1.806 mya.

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Chattian

The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series.

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Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist.

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Entelodon

Entelodon (meaning 'complete teeth', from Ancient Greek ἐντελής entelēs 'complete' and ὀδών odōn 'tooth', referring to its "complete" eutherian dentition), formerly called Elotherium, is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl endemic to Eurasia. Daeodon and entelodon are entelodonts, Oligocene Artiodactyla and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Entelodontidae

Entelodontidae is an extinct family of pig-like artiodactyls (even-toed ungulates) which inhabited the Northern Hemisphere (Asia, Europe, and North America) from the late Eocene to the early Miocene epochs, about 38-19 million years ago. Daeodon and Entelodontidae are entelodonts.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Hemingfordian

The Hemingfordian on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 20,600,000 to 16,300,000 years BP.

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John Day Formation

The John Day Formation is a series of rock strata exposed in the Picture Gorge district of the John Day River basin and elsewhere in north-central Oregon in the United States.

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Megacerops

Megacerops ("large-horned face", from méga- "large" + kéras "horn" + ōps "face") is an extinct genus of the prehistoric odd-toed ungulate (hoofed mammal) family Brontotheriidae, an extinct group of rhinoceros-like browsers related to horses. Daeodon and Megacerops are white River Fauna.

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Middle Miocene

The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch made up of two stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Moropus

Moropus (meaning "slow foot") is an extinct genus of large perissodactyl ("odd-toed" ungulate) mammal in the chalicothere family. Daeodon and Moropus are Miocene mammals of North America and white River Fauna.

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Nebraska

Nebraska is a triply landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Othniel Charles Marsh

Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 – March 18, 1899) was an American professor of Paleontology in Yale College and President of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Palaeocastor

Palaeocastor ('ancient beaver') is an extinct genus of beavers that lived in the North American Badlands during the late Oligocene period to early Miocene. Daeodon and Palaeocastor are white River Fauna.

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Paleontology

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Paraentelodon

Paraentelodon is an extinct entelodont from the Late Oligocene and Oligocene-Miocene boundary of Asia. Daeodon and Paraentelodon are entelodonts, Miocene Artiodactyla, Oligocene Artiodactyla and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Perissodactyla

Perissodactyla is an order of ungulates.

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Stenomylus

Stenomylus is an extinct genus of miniature camelid native to North America that is known from the Oligocene and Miocene epochs. Daeodon and Stenomylus are Miocene Artiodactyla, Miocene mammals of North America, Oligocene mammals of North America and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.

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Tarsus (skeleton)

In the human body, the tarsus (tarsi) is a cluster of seven articulating bones in each foot situated between the lower end of the tibia and the fibula of the lower leg and the metatarsus.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Tubercle

In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.

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White rhinoceros

The white rhinoceros, white rhino or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 16,803 wild-living animals, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daeodon

Also known as D. shoshonensis, Daeodon Animal, Daeodon hollandi, Daeodon shoshonensis, Dinohyus, Dinohyus hollandi.

Daeodon, the Glossary

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See also

Arikareean

Burdigalian genus extinctions

Chattian genus first appearances

Entelodonts

Fossil taxa described in 1878

Hemingfordian

References