Eporeodon Marsh 1875 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Synonym: Dayohyus Schultz and Falkenbach 1968

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1875. Notice of new Tertiary mammals, IV. American Journal of Science, series 3 9(51):239-250

Parent taxon: Eporeodontinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023

See also Hay 1902, Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Scott 1913, Scott 1940, Stevens and Stevens 1996, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Thorpe 1921 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxon: Merycoides

Subtaxa: Eporeodon (Oreodontoides) Eporeodon (Paraeporeodon) Eporeodon occidentalis Eporeodon pacificus

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Type: Oreodon occidentalis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Arikareean of United States (2: California, Oregon)

• Oligocene of United States (6: Oregon, Washington)

Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences

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