Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptochoeridae
Synonyms: Leptochoerus lemurinus Cope 1874, Menotherium lemurinum Cope 1874, Stibarus lemurinus Cope 1874
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 16:1-8
Belongs to Stibarus according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Cope 1873, Edwards 1976, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Macdonald 1955, Matthew 1909, Osborn 1902, Scott 1940 and Theodor et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Stibarus montanus, Stibarus quadricuspis, Stibarus yoderensis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (18: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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