Cypretherium

Cypretherium coarctatum is an early entelodont from the Chadronian strata of the Cypress Hills Formation in Saskatchewan.^[1][2] First described by Cope in 1889, the holotype is a partial mandibular ramus with p2-m3.

Cypretherium Temporal range: Chadronian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Entelodontidae
Genus:	†Cypretherium Foss, 2007
Species:	†C. coarctatum
Binomial name
†Cypretherium coarctatum (Cope, 1889)
Synonyms
Entelodon coarctatum Archaeotherium coarctatum

The species is well represented by material from the Hunter Quarry, also in the Cypress Hills Fm. (Russell, 1980b).

The relationship of Cypretherium to other early entelodonts is not well understood at this point.