Miniochoerus chadronensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combinations: Oreonetes chadronensis, Stenopsochoerus (Pseudostenopsochoerus) chadronensis

Synonyms: Parastenopsochoerus conversensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956, Stenopsochoerus (Pseudostenopsochoerus) douglasensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956, Stenopsochoerus reideri Schultz and Falkenbach 1956

Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1956. Miniochoerinae and Oreonetinae two new subfamilies of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 109(4):373-482

Belongs to Miniochoerus according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 1996

See also Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 and Stevens and Stevens 2007

Sister taxa: Miniochoerus (Paraminiochoerus), Miniochoerus affinis, Miniochoerus forsythae, Miniochoerus gracilis, Miniochoerus starkensis, Stenopsochoerus (Pseudostenopsochoerus)

Type specimens:

  • Miniochoerus chadronensis: F:AM 45489, a partial skeleton (Skull with I1-M3, mandible with i1-m3 (i2 rt.), partial scapula, 2 partial radii, 2 partial ulnae, and manus). Its type locality is Southwestern End of Seamen Hills (Chadronian), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
  • Parastenopsochoerus conversensis: F:AM 45011, a skull (Skull with I1-M3). Its type locality is Douglas Area Basal Brule, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Wyoming.
  • Stenopsochoerus (Pseudostenopsochoerus) douglasensis: F:AM 45492, a partial skeleton (Skull with I1-M3, mandible with i1-m3 (i3 rt.), partial scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, manus elements, 2 femora, 2 tibiae, astragalus, calcaneum, vertebrae, an). Its type locality is Douglas Area Basal Brule, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Wyoming.
  • Stenopsochoerus reideri:

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)

• Eocene of United States (4: Nebraska, Wyoming)

Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences

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