Mammal
Entelodon
Its name means "completely toothed", because of its complete dentition.
Entelodon owes its name to a complete set of teeth.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Entelodon at a glance
- Diet
- Omnivore (interpreted)
- Its teeth are consistent with a varied diet. A robust skull or an imposing appearance should not be treated as proof of habitual hunting.
- When it lived
- Paleogene
- Group
- Entelodontidae
- Entelodontids
- Fossil locations
- Eurasia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Entelodon
It was an entelodontid from the group of artiodactyls. Its name refers to the presence of a complete dentition and its fossils cover the end of the Eocene and the beginning of the Oligocene.
Its name means "completely toothed", due to its complete dentition. Its fossils extend from the end of the Eocene and the beginning of the Oligocene. This interval helps place it within the history of artiodactyls, in addition to recognizing the shape of its teeth.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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- Entelodon
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- Entelodon
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- Entelodontidae
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- Other artiodactyls
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