Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Synonyms: Megabathygenys Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Parabathygenys Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1902. Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montana. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 20:237-279
Parent taxon: Oreonetinae according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 2007
See also Alroy 2002, Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Lander 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997, Schultz and Falkenbach 1956, Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Scott 1940 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxon: Oreonetes
Subtaxa: Bathygenys alpha Bathygenys hedlundae Bathygenys reevesi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (19: Colorado, Montana, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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