Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combinations: Eporeodon superbus, Eucrotaphus superbus, Merycochoerus superbus, Oreodon superbus, Paracotylops superbus
Synonyms: Merycochoerus macrostegus Cope 1884, Merycochoerus montanus Cope 1884, Merycochoerus temporalis Bettany 1876, Promerycochoerus (Parapromerycochoerus) macrostegus Cope 1884, Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus) inflatus Thorpe 1921, Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus) montanus Cope 1884, Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus) montanus pinensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Promerycochoerus chelydra latidens Thorpe 1921, Promerycochoerus inflatus Thorpe 1921, Promerycochoerus latidens Thorpe 1921, Promerycochoerus macrostegus Cope 1884, Promerycochoerus macrostegus inflatus Thorpe 1921, Promerycochoerus marshi Thorpe 1921, Promerycochoerus microcephalus Thorpe 1921, Promerycochoerus montanus Cope 1884, Superdesmatochoerus microcephalus Thorpe 1921
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 18th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(3):111-113
Belongs to Promerycochoerus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Cope 1884, Douglass 1906, Fremd 1994, Hay 1902, Koerner 1940, Lander 1998, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873, Loomis 1920, Marsh 1875, Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Schultz and Falkenbach 1954, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Strganac 2011, Thorpe 1921, Thorpe 1924 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Promerycochoerus (Desmatochoerus), Promerycochoerus (Parapromerycochoerus), Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus), Promerycochoerus carrikeri, Promerycochoerus chelydra, Promerycochoerus leidyi
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (5: South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (11: Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (6: Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)
Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences
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