Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Synonym: Parabathygenys paralpha Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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
Belongs to Bathygenys according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998 and Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
Sister taxa: Bathygenys alpha, Bathygenys reevesi
Type specimens:
- Bathygenys hedlundae: F:AM 72377, a mandible
- Parabathygenys paralpha: F:A.M 72388, a partial skull (anterior portion of skull with C/(rt.)-M3).
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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