Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1901. New species of Merycochoerus in Montana. Part II. American Journal of Science 11(61):73-83
Parent taxon: Promerycochoerinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Scott 1913, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Desmatochoerus, Megoreodon, Pseudodesmatochoerus
Subtaxa: Promerycochoerus (Desmatochoerus) Promerycochoerus (Parapromerycochoerus) Promerycochoerus (Pseudopromerycochoerus) Promerycochoerus carrikeri Promerycochoerus chelydra Promerycochoerus leidyi Promerycochoerus superbus
Type: Oreodon superbus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (17: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (11: Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (7: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)
Total: 36 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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