Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Synonym: Metoreodon Matthew and Cook 1909
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Merychyinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Lander 1998, Lander and Lindsay 2011, Morgan et al. 2009, Parris and Grandstaff 2003, Schultz and Falkenbach 1947, Scott 1913, Scott and Osborn 1890, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Oreodontoides, Paramerychyus
Subtaxa: Merychyus (Metoreodon) Merychyus arenarum Merychyus calaminthus Merychyus elegans Merychyus minimus Merychyus relictus Merychyus verrucomalus
Type: Merychyus elegans
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Mexico (2), United States (110: California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (36: California, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (17: Arizona, California, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 166 collections including 177 occurrences
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