Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1950. Phenacocoelinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95(3)
Parent taxon: Merycochoerinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1950, Stevens et al. 1969 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Merycochoerus, Submerycochoerus
Subtaxa: Hypsiops brachymelis Hypsiops latidens Hypsiops rooneyi
Type: Ticholeptus brachymelis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (5: Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (3: Montana, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Oregon)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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