Merycodus minor Frick 1937

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Alternative combinations: Meryceros minor, Submeryceros minor

Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Belongs to Merycodus according to B. L. Beatty and L. D. Martin 2009

See also Frick 1937 and Voorhies 1990

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Horse and Mastodon Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (6: Colorado, Nebraska)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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