
Heptacodon
Heptacodon curtus
Resurrected on:
10 jan. 2021
Genus information
Heptacodon is a genus of primitive ungulate that lived between the Eocene and Oligocene epoch of North America. In life, it would have resembled a small hippopotamus-like animal with a narrow skull and pig-like features. Heptacodon were probably bound to aquatic habitats, inhabiting swamps and shores of rivers and lakes. There, it probably fed on aquatic vegetation and roots.
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Anthracotheriidae
North America
Eocene to Oligocene
Species information
Fossils of Heptacodon curtus have been found in the United States of America and originated from the Oligocene epoch. It was a fairly small anthracothere, growing up to 1.2 meters in length and it weighted about 180 kg. At least four other species of Heptacodon are currently known.
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Heptacodon curtus
Marsh, 1894
North America
Oligocene
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1.2 m
50 cm
180 kg
Reference:
O. C. Marsh. 1894. A new Miocene mammal. American Journal of Science 47(281):409

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