Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Synonym: Hypselochoerus Loomis 1933
Full reference: M. R. Thorpe. 1921. John Day Promerycochoeri, with descriptions of five new species and one new subgenus. American Journal of Science 1(3):215-244
Parent taxon: Promerycochoerinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998, Loomis 1933, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Megoreodon, Promerycochoerus, Pseudodesmatochoerus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (15: California, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota)
Total: 25 collections including 29 occurrences
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