Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combinations: Merycoidodon gracilis, Miniochoerus (Paraminiochoerus) gracilis, Oreodon gracile, Oreodon gracilis, Oreonetes gracilis
Synonym: Oreodon minor Cope 1888
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1851. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, August 19th, 1851]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5:237-239
Belongs to Miniochoerus according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 1996
See also Cope 1884, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Lander 1998, Leidy 1851, Leidy 1853, Leidy 1857, Schultz and Falkenbach 1956, Scott 1940, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Miniochoerus (Paraminiochoerus), Miniochoerus affinis, Miniochoerus chadronensis, Miniochoerus forsythae, Miniochoerus starkensis, Stenopsochoerus (Pseudostenopsochoerus)
Subtaxa: Oreodon gracile coloradoensis
Type specimens:
- Miniochoerus gracilis: ANSP 10692 and 10964, a maxilla (Partial right maxilla with P4-M3, and partial left maxilla with M1-M3)
- Oreodon minor:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (31: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
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