Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Synonyms: Eporeodon meagherensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Eporeodon montanus Douglass 1907, Eucrotaphus montanus Douglass 1907, Mesoreodon danai Koerner 1940, Mesoreodon intermedius Scott 1893, Mesoreodon laticeps Loomis 1924, Paramerycoidodon (Gregoryochoerus) meagherensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Subdesmatochoerus montanus Douglass 1907
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1893. The Mammals of the Deep River Beds. The American Naturalist 27(319):659-662
Belongs to Mesoreodon according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 1996
See also Douglass 1906, Douglass 1907, Hay 1902, Koerner 1940, Lander 1998, Loomis 1924, Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Schultz and Falkenbach 1954, Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Scott 1893, Scott 1940, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Tabrum and Nichols 2001, Thorpe 1924 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Mesoreodon floridensis, Mesoreodon minor
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (5: Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 7 collections including 10 occurrences
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