†Merychyus (Metoreodon) Matthew and Cook 1909 (oreodont)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and H. J. Cook. 1909. A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(27):361-414
Parent taxon: Merychyus according to C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach 1947
See also Cook 1912, Lander 1998, Matthew 1918, Matthew and Cook 1909, Morgan et al. 2009, Schultz and Falkenbach 1941, Skinner et al. 1977 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Merychyus arenarum, Merychyus calaminthus, Merychyus elegans, Merychyus minimus, Merychyus relictus, Merychyus verrucomalus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merychyus (Metoreodon) in the database