†family Merycoidodontidae Cook 1912 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Synonym: Oreodontidae Leidy 1869

Full reference: H. J. Cook. 1912. Faunal Lists of the Tertiary Formations of Sioux County, Nebraska. Nebraska Geological Survey 7(5):33-45

Parent taxon: Artiodactyla according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 1996

See also Cook 1912, Cope 1884, Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1911, Lander 1998, Lander and Lindsay 2011, Leidy 1869, Leidy 1873, McKenna and Bell 1997, Morgan et al. 2009, Parris and Grandstaff 2003, Schultz and Falkenbach 1940, Scott 1913, Scott 1940, Stevens et al. 1969, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxa: Achaenodontidae, Ancodonta, Antiacodontidae, Antiacodontinae, Booidea, Bunomerycidae, Caenotheriidae, Cainotherioidea, Camelidae, Choeropotamoidea, Climacoceratidae, Diacodexeidae, Dichobunoidea, Eolantianus, Erlianhyus, Eurytheriidae, Haplobunodontidae, Hsanotherium, Hyodonta, Leptochoerinae, Merycoidodontoidea, Myanmarius, Neoselenodontia, Nonruminantia, Omnivora, Pantolestoidea, Raphenacodus, Ruminantiamorpha, Suiformes, Suoidea, Tapirulidae, Tragulohyus, Trigonolestidae, Tylopoda, Entelodontoidea, Cetruminantia, Whippomorpha

Subtaxa: Aclistomycterinae Brachycrurinae Diplotremus Eporeodontinae Leptaucheniinae Merychyinae Merychyus pariogonus Merycochoerinae Merycoidodontinae Miniochoerinae Oreonetinae Phenacocoelinae Promerycochoerinae Ticholeptinae Ustatochoerinae

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

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