Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Merychyinae, a subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88(4):157-286
Parent taxon: Merychyinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1947 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Merychyus, Oreodontoides
Subtaxa: Paramerychyus harrisonensis Paramerychyus relictus
Type: Merychyus harrisonensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (12: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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