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Paramerychyus harrisonensis
Taxonomy
Merychyus harrisonensis was named by Peterson (1907). Its type specimen is CM 1341, a partial skull (a fairly well preserved skull which has been somewhat crushed vertically and is without the lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Van Tassel (Lower), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming. It is the type species of Paramerychyus.
It was recombined as Ticholeptus harrisonensis by Loomis (1923); it was recombined as Merycoides harrisonensis by Lander (1998); it was recombined as Paramerychyus harrisonensis by Schultz and Falkenbach (1947), Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
It was recombined as Ticholeptus harrisonensis by Loomis (1923); it was recombined as Merycoides harrisonensis by Lander (1998); it was recombined as Paramerychyus harrisonensis by Schultz and Falkenbach (1947), Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Merychyus harrisonensis Peterson |
| 1923 | Ticholeptus harrisonensis Loomis p. 227 figs. fig. 5 |
| 1924 | Merychyus siouxensis Loomis |
| 1935 | Merychyus harrisonensis Schlaikjer |
| 1937 | Merychyus harrisonensis Thorpe p. 229 figs. Figs. 166-168 |
| 1937 | Merychyus siouxensis Thorpe p. 232 figs. Fig. 169; PI. XXXIV, figs. 5-6 |
| 1947 | Merychyus siouxensis Schultz and Falkenbach p. 223 figs. 1, 7, 13, 15-17 |
| 1947 | Paramerychyus harrisonensis Schultz and Falkenbach p. 248 figs. 1, 9 |
| 1998 | Merycoides harrisonensis Lander |
| 2007 | Paramerychyus harrisonensis Stevens and Stevens p. 164 |
| 2023 | Paramerychyus harrisonensis Stevens et al. p. 48 figs. Figures 34-35; Appendix 3A; Table A16 |
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†Paramerychyus harrisonensis Peterson 1907
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Invalid names: Merychyus siouxensis Loomis 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach 1947 | SKULL:Larger than any known examples of Merychyus; smaller than known specimens of Ticholeptus; approximate size of P. relictus; lacrimal fossa moderately large and deep; prelacrimal vacuity present (in the holotype the very large prelacrimal vacuity may be due to damage of the area; in the referred skull the vacuity is much smaller); malar moderately robust, with a slight but gradual upward trend posteriorly; zygomatic arch of medium construction with shallow rise posteriorly; orbits round, looking forward and upward; postorbital pillar quite heavy; bulla covering large area (Peterson described the bulla as "flask-like in form with a conical swelling on the posterior-external surface"); palatal surface vaulted.
MANDIBLE:Unknown. DENTITION:C/ heavy but not long; pre- molars not crowded; external styles of molars prominent. LIMBS: Unknown. | |
| C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach 1947 (Merychyus siouxensis) | SKULL: Larger than that of M. approximate size of large examples of M. arenarum; nasals heavier than those of M. crabilli; lacrimal fossa deep and large; pre-lacrimal vacuity moderately large; post- glenoid process decidedly heavier than that of M. crabilli; occipital condyles moderately large, larger than in M. crabilli,·bulla large and well inflated.
MANDIBLE: :Larger than that of M.crabilli. DENTITION: Superior and inferior series decidedly longer and heavier than those of M. crabilli; closer to those of M. arenarum. LIMBS:Decidedly longer and heavier than those of M. crabilli. | |
| M. S. Stevens et al. 2023 | Medium-sized (M1-3 length = 43-50 mm) merychyines with relatively low-crowned cheek teeth compared to Merychyus. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Lander 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Monroecreekian to the top of the Harrisonian or 26.30000 to 18.50000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Monroecreekian | USA (South Dakota) | Merychyus siouxensis (17723) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Merychyus siouxensis (17704 17733 17741 17843 28043) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Montana) | Merychyus siouxensis (17861) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Wyoming) | Merychyus harrisonensis (type locality: 17853) Merychyus siouxensis (17798 17801 17811) Merychyus siouxensis, Paramerychyus harrisonensis (17794) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Texas) | Phenacocoelus leptoscelos (17767) |