Herpetotherium merriami Stock and Furlong 1922

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae

Alternative combination: Peratherium merriami

Full reference: C. Stock and E. L. Furlong. 1922. A Marsupial from the John Day Oligocene of Logan Butte, Eastern Oregon. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(8):311-317

Belongs to Herpetotherium according to W. W. Korth 1994

See also Stock and Furlong 1922

Sister taxa: Herpetotherium fugax, Herpetotherium innominatum, Herpetotherium knighti, Herpetotherium marsupium, Herpetotherium valens, Herpetotherium youngi

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (4: Oregon collections)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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