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Entelodontidae

Taxonomy

Entelodontidae was named by Lydekker (1883) [nom. transl. Osborn, 1909]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nonruminantia by Gregory (1910); to Artiodactyla by Lucas et al. (1998); to Entelodontoidea by Carroll (1988) and Boisserie et al. (2005); and to Cetancodontamorpha by Spaulding et al. (2009).

Subtaxa

Boochoerus angustus, Choerodon, Dinohyus (syn. Dinochoerus), Entelodon, Megachoerus, Paraentelodon

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Synonyms

Ammodon was named by Marsh (1893).

It was synonymized subjectively with Daeodon by Lucas et al. (1997) and Lucas et al. (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Dinohyus by Effinger (1998); it was considered a nomen vanum by Albright (1999).
Ammodon leidyanum was named by Marsh (1893). Its type specimen is YPM 12040, a tooth (right p4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Farmingdale, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Daeodon leidyanum by Tedford and Hunter (1984) and Lucas et al. (1997); it was recombined as Dinohyus leidyanus by Albright (1991); it was synonymized subjectively with Daeodon shoshonensis by Lucas et al. (1998); it was considered a nomen vanum by Albright (1999).
Boochoerus was named by Cope (1879). Its type is Boochoerus humerosus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Megachoerus by Effinger (1998); it was considered a nomen vanum by Brunet (1975) and Albright (1999).
Boochoerus humerosus was named by Cope (1879) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 7380, a set of postcrania (complete manus, pes, and forelimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Boochoerus.

It was considered a nomen vanum by Brunet (1975) and Albright (1999).
Daeodon was named by Cope (1878) [also said to be 1879].

It was synonymized subjectively with Dinohyus by Tedford et al. (1987), Carroll (1988) and Effinger (1998); it was considered a nomen vanum by Albright (1991); it was considered a nomen vanum by Albright (1999).

It was assigned to Entelodontidae by Lucas et al. (1998).
Daeodon shoshonensis was named by Cope (1878) [genotype: also said to be 1879]. Its type specimen is AMNH 7387, a mandible (mandibular symphysis), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen vanum by Albright (1991); it was considered a nomen vanum by Albright (1999).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1878	Daeodon Cope
1878	Daeodon shoshonensis Cope
1879	Boochoerus Cope
1879	Boochoerus humerosus Cope
1883	Entelodontidae Lydekker
1893	Ammodon Marsh
1893	Ammodon leidyanum Marsh
1893	Ammodon Marsh p. 409 figs. Plate IX figs 2, 3
1893	Ammodon leidyanum Marsh p. 409
1910	Entelodontidae Gregory p. 466
1984	Daeodon leidyanum Tedford and Hunter
1988	Entelodontidae Carroll
1991	Dinohyus leidyanus Albright
1997	Daeodon Lucas et al.
1997	Daeodon leidyanum Lucas et al.
1998	Daeodon Lucas et al.
1998	Entelodontidae Lucas et al. p. 426
1998	Daeodon shoshonensis Lucas et al. p. 427
2005	Entelodontidae Boisserie et al.
2009	Entelodontidae Spaulding et al.

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