Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Synonym: Paracotylops Matthew 1901
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, Loomis 1920, Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Scott 1913, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Thorpe 1921, Thorpe 1924 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 (10: Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (8: Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)
Total: 36 collections including 50 occurrences
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