Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens. 1996. Merycoidodontinae and Miniochoerinae. The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 498-573
Parent taxon: Merycoidodontidae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Stevens and Stevens 1996 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Aclistomycterinae, Eporeodontinae, Leptaucheniinae, Merychyinae, Merychyus pariogonus, Merycochoerinae, Merycoidodontinae, Miniochoerinae, Oreonetinae, Phenacocoelinae, Promerycochoerinae, Ticholeptinae, Ustatochoerinae, Diplotremus
Subtaxa: Brachycrus
Type: Merycochoerus (Brachycrus)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (70: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 70 collections including 73 occurrences