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Eporeodon (Oreodontoides)
Taxonomy
Eporeodon (Oreodontoides) was named by Thorpe (1921) [named as subgenus of Eporeodon by Thorpe 1921d; raised to genus level]. Its type is Eporeodon oregonensis.
It was synonymized subjectively with Merychyus by Loomis (1924); it was reranked as Oreodontoides by Thorpe (1923), Thorpe (1924), Thorpe (1937), Schultz and Falkenbach (1947), Lander (1998), Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Eporeodon by Thorpe (1921); to Merycoidodontidae by Thorpe (1923), Thorpe (1924), Thorpe (1937) and Lander (1998); and to Merychyinae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1947), Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Merychyus by Loomis (1924); it was reranked as Oreodontoides by Thorpe (1923), Thorpe (1924), Thorpe (1937), Schultz and Falkenbach (1947), Lander (1998), Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Eporeodon by Thorpe (1921); to Merycoidodontidae by Thorpe (1923), Thorpe (1924), Thorpe (1937) and Lander (1998); and to Merychyinae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1947), Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).