Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combination: Merychyus calimontanus
Synonym: Ticholeptus tooheyi Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
Full reference: J. F. Dougherty. 1940. A new Miocene mammalian fauna from Caliente Mountain, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 514(8):109-143
Belongs to Ticholeptus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Dougherty 1940, Kelly and Lander 1988, Lander 1998, Munthe 1979, Repenning and Vedder 1961, Schultz and Falkenbach 1941 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Ticholeptus bluei, Ticholeptus zygomaticus
Type specimens:
- Ticholeptus calimontanus: CIT 2543, a partial skeleton (Partial skull with I1-M3, right calcaneum, left astragalus, metatarsal, and proximal phalanx). Its type locality is Padrones Spring, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in California.
- Ticholeptus tooheyi: UNSM 1-15-9-36SP, a partial skeleton (Anterior portion of skull with I1-M3, partial mandible with i1-m3, partial humerus, 2 partial radii, 2 partial tibiae, 2 calcanea, astragalus, manus and pes ele).
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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