Oreodon culbertsoni periculorum Cope 1884 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Originally a subspecies of Oreodon culbertsoni named by Cope (1884)

Alternative combination: Merycoidodon culbertsonii periculorum

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. Synopsis of the species of Oreodontidae. Paleontological Bulletin 38:503-572

Belongs to Oreodon culbertsoni according to E. D. Cope 1884

See also Bump and Loomis 1930, Galbreath 1953, Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Stevens and Stevens 1996 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxa: Merycoidodon culbertsonii browni, Merycoidodon culbertsonii osborni

Type specimen: AMNH 6397, a skull (Skull with I1-M3 and mandible with i1-m3). Its type locality is Horsetail Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oreodon culbertsoni periculorum in the database

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