Ticholeptus bluei Schultz and Falkenbach 1947

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combination: Merychyus elegans bluei

Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Merychyinae, a subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88(4):157-286

Belongs to Ticholeptus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023

See also Schultz and Falkenbach 1947

Sister taxa: Ticholeptus calimontanus, Ticholeptus zygomaticus

Type specimen: USNM 7-10-9-38, a partial skull

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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