Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combinations: Promerycochoerus (Desmatochoerus) curvidens, Promerycochoerus curvidens
Synonyms: Desmatochoerus hatcheri geringensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1954, Desmatochoerus hatcheri grinnelli Koerner 1940, Desmatochoerus hatcheri niobrarensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1954, Promerycochoerus grinnelli Koerner 1940
Full reference: M. R. Thorpe. 1921. John Day Promerycochoeri, with descriptions of five new species and one new subgenus. American Journal of Science 1(3):215-244
Belongs to Desmatochoerus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Koerner 1940, Lander 1998, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Schultz and Falkenbach 1954, Stevens and Stevens 1996, Tabrum and Nichols 2001, Thorpe 1921 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Desmatochoerus curvidens: YPM 10997, a partial skull
- Desmatochoerus hatcheri geringensis: F:AM 33305, a partial skull (Skull with I1(rt.)-M 3 and mandible).
- Desmatochoerus hatcheri niobrarensis: F:AM 33344.
- Promerycochoerus grinnelli: YPM 13957, a partial skull (Skull with I1-M3 and partial mandible with i1-m3).
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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