Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: M. S. Stevens. 1970. Merychyus verrucomalus, a new species of oreodont (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Middle Miocene Runningwater Formation. American Museum Novitates 2425:1-11
Belongs to Merychyus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Kelly and Lander 1988, Lander 1998, Stevens 1970 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Merychyus (Metoreodon), Merychyus arenarum, Merychyus calaminthus, Merychyus elegans, Merychyus minimus, Merychyus relictus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Main Fork of Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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