Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

questionably referred to Mesoreodon

Alternative combinations: Eporeodon latidens, Merycoides latidens, Mesoreodon latidens

Synonyms: Eporeodon pygmyus Loomis 1924, Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus) minor pygmyus Loomis 1924, Promerycochoerus pygmyus Loomis 1924, Promerycochoerus vantasselensis pygmaeus Loomis 1924, Promerycochoerus vantasselensis pygmyus Loomis 1924

Full reference: E. Douglass. 1907. Some new merycoidodonts. Annals of Carnegie Museum 4:99-109

Belongs to Hypsiops according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023

See also Douglass 1907, Lander 1998, Loomis 1924, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Tabrum and Nichols 2001 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxa: Hypsiops brachymelis, Hypsiops rooneyi

Type specimens:

• Hypsiops latidens: CM 908, a partial skull (a skull and a mandible lacking portions of the angles)
• Promerycochoerus pygmyus:

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hypsiops latidens in the database

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.