Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon) Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498

Parent taxon: Merycoidodon according to C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach 1968

Sister taxa: Merycoidodon (Blickohyus), Merycoidodon (Merycoidodon), Merycoidodon (Otarohyus), Merycoidodon bullatus, Merycoidodon culbertsonii, Merycoidodon major, Merycoidodon minor, Merycoidodon presidioensis, Paramerycoidodon (Gregoryochoerus), Paramerycoidodon (Barbourochoerus), Genetochoerus (Osbornohyus)

Subtaxa: Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon) lambi

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Type: Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon) dani

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Anxiety Butte (SMNH 72F10-0049) (Oligocene to Oligocene of Saskatchewan)

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