Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) pacificus Cope 1884

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combinations: Eporeodon leptacanthus pacificus, Eporeodon occidentalis pacificus, Eucrotaphus jacksoni pacificus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. Synopsis of the species of Oreodontidae. Paleontological Bulletin 38:503-572

Belongs to Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) according to C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach 1968

See also Cope 1884, Fremd 1994, Hay 1902, Lander 1998, Stevens et al. 2023, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Thorpe 1921 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 7502, a skull

Distribution: found only at The Cove (Miocene to Miocene of Oregon)

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