Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Synonym: Superdesmatochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach 1954
Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1954. Desmatochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(2)
Parent taxon: Promerycochoerinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Desmatochoerus, Promerycochoerus, Pseudodesmatochoerus
Subtaxa: Megoreodon grandis
Type: Promerycochoerus grandis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (9: Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of United States (7: Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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