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. It was a very small entelodont, about the size of a modern pig, and was slightly smaller than its North American counterpart, '' Brachyhyops''. ''Eoentelodon'' was synonymized subjectively with ''Brachyhyops'' by Lucas and Emry (2004). However, in 2007, I. Vislobokova determined that ''Eoentelodon'' was not only distinct from ''Brachyhyops'', but more closely related to ''

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'', another primitive entelodont found in slightly older Middle Eocene strata of

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Entelodonts Eocene even-toed ungulates Fossils of China Fossil taxa described in 1988 Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera {{paleo-eventoedungulate-stub