Merycodus hookwayi Furlong 1934

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Alternative combination: Meryceros hookwayi

Full reference: E. L. Furlong. 1934. New merycodonts From the Upper Miocene of Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 453(1):1-10

Belongs to Merycodus according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998

See also Frick 1937 and Furlong 1934

Sister taxa: Merycodus crucensis, Merycodus joraki, Merycodus major, Merycodus minimus, Merycodus minor, Merycodus necatus, Merycodus prodromus, Merycodus sabulonis, Merycodus tehuanus, Merycodus trilateralis, Merycodus warreni, Meryceros (Submeryceros)

Type specimen: CIT 1257, a mandible (ramus). Its type locality is Tonopah, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nevada.

Distribution: found only at Tonopah

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