†subfamily Promerycochoerinae Schultz and Falkenbach 1949 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Synonym: Desmatochoerinae Schultz and Falkenbach 1954

Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1949. Promerycochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(3):69-198

Parent taxon: Merycoidodontidae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023

See also Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Schultz and Falkenbach 1954, Stevens and Stevens 1996 and Stevens and Stevens 2007

Sister taxa: Aclistomycterinae, Brachycrurinae, Eporeodontinae, Leptaucheniinae, Merychyinae, Merychyus pariogonus, Merycochoerinae, Merycoidodontinae, Miniochoerinae, Oreonetinae, Phenacocoelinae, Ticholeptinae, Ustatochoerinae, Diplotremus

Subtaxa: Desmatochoerus Megoreodon Promerycochoerus Pseudodesmatochoerus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Montana, Oregon collections)

• Harrisonian of United States (20: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (30: California, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (16: Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)

Total: 68 collections including 95 occurrences

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