Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combination: Merychyus (Metoreodon) relictus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and H. J. Cook. 1909. A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(27):361-414
Belongs to Merychyus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Cook 1912, Kelly and Lander 1988, Loomis 1924, Matthew and Cook 1909, Morgan et al. 2009, Schultz and Falkenbach 1941, Schultz and Falkenbach 1947, Skinner et al. 1977, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Merychyus (Metoreodon), Merychyus arenarum, Merychyus calaminthus, Merychyus elegans, Merychyus minimus, Merychyus verrucomalus
Subtaxa: Merychyus (Metoreodon) relictus fletcheri Merychyus (Metoreodon) relictus taylori
Type specimen: AMNH 14056, a mandible (Partial right ramus with i1-/c alv. and p1-m3).
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (21: Nebraska collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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