Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combination: Eucrotaphus pacificus
Synonyms: Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) leptacanthus Cope 1884, Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) longifrons Cope 1884, Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) longifrons perbullatus Thorpe 1921, Eporeodon leptacanthus leptacanthus Cope 1884, Eporeodon perbullatus Thorpe 1921, Eucrotaphus jacksoni leptacanthus Cope 1884, Eucrotaphus major longifrons Cope 1884, Hypsiops johndayensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1950, Pseudogenetochoerus covensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. Synopsis of the species of Oreodontidae. Paleontological Bulletin 38:503-572
Belongs to Eporeodon according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Cope 1884, Fremd 1994, Hay 1902, Lander 1998, Matthew 1909, Schultz and Falkenbach 1950, Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Thorpe 1921 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Eporeodon (Oreodontoides), Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon), Eporeodon occidentalis
Type specimens:
- Eporeodon pacificus: AMNH 7502, a skull
- Eporeodon leptacanthus leptacanthus:
- Eporeodon perbullatus: YPM 11011.
- Eucrotaphus jacksoni leptacanthus:
- Eucrotaphus major longifrons: AMNH 7504, a partial skull.
- Hypsiops johndayensis: CIT 3503, a partial skeleton (Skull with I1(alv.)-M3, partial left ramus with p3-m3, and atlas).
- Pseudogenetochoerus covensis: Its type locality is The Cove, which is in a Miocene/Miocene terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at The Cove (Miocene to Miocene of Oregon)
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