Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combination: Phenacocoelus stouti
Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1950. Phenacocoelinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95(3)
Belongs to Merycoides according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1950 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Merycoides cursor, Merycoides longiceps
Type specimen: F:AM 44839, a skull (Skull with I1-I2 alv. and I3-M3). Its type locality is Guernsey, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (10: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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