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
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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