Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combinations: Hypsiops leptoscelos, Merychyus leptoscelos, Phenacocoelus leptoscelos
Full reference: M. S. Stevens, J. B. Stevens, and M. R. Dawson. 1969. New Early Miocene Formation and Vertebrate Local Fauna, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Pearce-Sellards Series 15:1-15
Belongs to Ustatochoerus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Kelly and Lander 1988, Lander 1998, MacFadden 1980, Stevens 1977, Stevens et al. 1969, Stevens and Stevens 1989, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Woodburne 1998 and Woodburne et al. 1974
Sister taxa: Ustatochoerus californicus, Ustatochoerus major, Ustatochoerus medius, Ustatochoerus tedfordi
Type specimen: TMM 40635-8, a partial skeleton (associated skull, mandibles, left pes, left innominate bone, and greater part of left tibia). Its type locality is Castolon (TMM 40635), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Delaho Formation of Texas.
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Texas collections)
• Arikareean of United States (4: California, Texas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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