Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combinations: Merycoidodon (Merycoidodon) culbertsoni, Merycoidodon culbertsoni, Oreodon culbertsoni, Oreodon culbertsonii
Synonyms: Cotylops speciosa Leidy 1851, Genetochoerus periculorum Cope 1884, Merycoidodon lewisi Clark and Beerbower 1967, Merycoidodon macrorhinus Douglass 1903, Merycoidodon periculorum Cope 1884, Oreodon macrorhinus Douglass 1903, Oreodon priscum Leidy 1851, Oreodon priscus Leidy 1851, Oreodon robustum Douglass 1902, Otionohyus vanderpooli Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Otionohyus wardi Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Paramerycoidodon georgei Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Prodesmatochoerus lewisi Clark and Beerbower 1967, Prodesmatochoerus macrorhinus Douglass 1903, Prodesmatochoerus meekae Schultz and Falkenbach 1954, Prodesmatochoerus periculorum Cope 1884
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1848. On a new fossil genus and species of ruminantoid Pachydermata: Merycoidodon culbertsonii. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4:40-51
Belongs to Merycoidodon according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 2007
See also Clark and Beerbower 1967, Cope 1884, Douglass 1902, Douglass 1903, Douglass 1906, Douglass 1907, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Lander 1998, Leidy 1848, Leidy 1851, Leidy 1853, Leidy 1857, Leidy 1873, Loomis 1924, Loomis 1925, Osborn and Wortman 1894, Schultz and Falkenbach 1954, Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Scott 1940, Stevens and Stevens 1996, Tabrum and Nichols 2001, Thorpe 1921 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon), Merycoidodon (Blickohyus), Merycoidodon (Merycoidodon), Merycoidodon (Otarohyus), Merycoidodon bullatus, Merycoidodon major, Merycoidodon minor, Merycoidodon presidioensis, Paramerycoidodon (Gregoryochoerus), Paramerycoidodon (Barbourochoerus), Genetochoerus (Osbornohyus)
Subtaxa: Merycoidodon culbertsonii browni Merycoidodon culbertsonii osborni Oreodon culbertsoni periculorum
Type specimens:
- Merycoidodon culbertsonii: Its type locality is Northwestern End of Seamen Hills (Chadronian), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming
- Cotylops speciosa:
- Merycoidodon lewisi: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
- Merycoidodon periculorum: AMNH 6397, a skull (Skull with I1-M3 and mandible with i1-m3). Its type locality is Horsetail Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado.
- Oreodon macrorhinus: CM 767, a partial skull.
- Oreodon priscum:
- Oreodon robustum: CM 56, a partial skull.
- Otionohyus vanderpooli: F:AM 49766, a partial skeleton (Skull with I1-M3, humerus, partial femur, partial tibia, and fragments). Its type locality is UNSM Sx-13 (Chadron), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.
- Otionohyus wardi: F:AM 49662, a partial skeleton (Skull with I1-M3, mandible with i1-m3(rt.) (m2 br.), partial scapula, 2 humeri, 2 radii, 2 ulnae, 2 partial manus, partial femur, 2 partial tibiae, partial pes,). Its type locality is Cedar Creek (Hat Creek Basin), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska.
- Paramerycoidodon georgei: F:AM 45143, a partial skull. Its type locality is Cottonwood Pass (Lower Nodular Zone), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
- Prodesmatochoerus meekae: F:AM 45023, a skull (Skull with I1-M3 and mandible with p1(rt.)-,m3). Its type locality is Old Woman Creek, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (72: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (18: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 92 collections including 99 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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