†Metoreodon profectus Matthew and Cook 1909
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combination: Metoreodon relictus profectus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and H. J. Cook. 1909. A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(27):361-414
Belongs to Metoreodon according to M. R. Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Merychyus (Metoreodon), Merychyus arenarum, Merychyus calaminthus, Merychyus elegans, Merychyus minimus, Merychyus relictus, Merychyus verrucomalus
Type specimen: AMNH 14055, a mandible
Distribution: found only at Snake Creek Fauna (Miocene to Miocene of Nebraska)
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