Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: F. B. Loomis. 1924. Miocene oreodonts in the American Museum. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 51(1):1-37
Belongs to Merycochoerus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Loomis 1924, Schultz and Falkenbach 1940, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Merycochoerus (Brachycrus), Merycochoerus magnus, Merycochoerus pinensis, Merycochoerus proprius
Type specimen: AM 12970, a partial skeleton (Skullwith I1(rt.)-M3 (lacking supraoccipital region), mandible with i1(br.)-m3, radius, ulna, manus, and skeletal fragments). Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 18, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (2 collections), United States (3: Colorado, Oregon)
• Harrisonian of United States (7: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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