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Eporeodontinae
Taxonomy
Eporeodontinae was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1968).
It was assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1968), Stevens and Stevens (1996), Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1968), Stevens and Stevens (1996), Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Eporeodontinae Schultz and Falkenbach p. 193 |
| 1996 | Eporeodontinae Stevens and Stevens p. 510 |
| 2007 | Eporeodontinae Stevens and Stevens p. 163 |
| 2023 | Eporeodontinae Stevens et al. p. 15 |
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Subfm. †Eporeodontinae Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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G. †Eporeodon Marsh 1875
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Subg. †Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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†Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) pacificus Cope 1884
†Eporeodon longifrons Cope 1884
†Eporeodon occidentalis Marsh 1873
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†Eporeodon trigonocephalus parvus Thorpe 1921
Invalid names: Dayohyus wortmani Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Eporeodon condoni Thorpe 1921 [synonym], Eporeodon davisi Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Eporeodon leptacanthus Cope 1884 [synonym], Eporeodon thurstoni Stock 1934 [synonym], Eucrotaphus trigonocephalus Cope 1884 [synonym]
†Eporeodon pacificus Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Eporeodon perbullatus Thorpe 1921 [synonym], Eucrotaphus jacksoni leptacanthus Cope 1884 [synonym], Eucrotaphus major longifrons Cope 1884 [synonym], Hypsiops johndayensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1950 [synonym], Pseudogenetochoerus covensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dayohyus Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Eporeodon leptacanthus leptacanthus Cope 1884 [synonym]
G. †Merycoides Douglass 1907
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†Merycoides cursor Douglass 1907
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Invalid names: Merycoides nebraskensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1949 [synonym]
†Merycoides longiceps Douglass 1907
†Merycoides stouti Schultz and Falkenbach 1950
Invalid names: Merycoides nebraskensis blairi Schultz and Falkenbach 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. S. Stevens et al. 2023 | Small to medium-sized oreodonts with inflatedauditory bullae, wide frontals, slight nasal retraction, robustmalar, infraorbital foramen above P3 to above anterior P4, facialvacuity (lacrimal fossa) ranging from small and shallow to wideand deep, heavy paroccipital processes without the excavationseen in the Merycoidondontinae, postglenoid process peg-shapedto compressed anteroposteriorly, and a mesodont dentition. |